Roger Mills wrote:
>Tristan wrote:
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>>And Rosta wrote:
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>>>As for the (immaterial, I think) question "has > Aust. phonemicized
>>>length in other, non-r, environments?", try _foot:fought_
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>>/fUt/:/fO:t/? Nothing alike!
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>Jumping in temporarily: that's what I thought, too. How about:
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>rot : wrought
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/rQt/:/rO:t/
>cot : caught ( and _court_??)
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/kQt/:/kO:t/
>sot : sought (sort???)
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/sQt/:/sO:t/ (for both)
>not : nought/naught (north???)
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/nQt/:/nO:t/ (and /nO:T/)
But is that especially productive?
Tristan
Tristan