Re: vowel descriptions

Garrett wrote:
> r (in her, sure)
Syllabic r, or schwa with rhoticity.  Normal ASCII-IPA representation is
/r=/

> w (in put, book *or* cut, what)
In my dialect, those are different vowels.  For put & book, it is /U/, a
high-back-rounded lax vowel, for cut and what, it's /V/, a mid-central
vowel.

> u (in luke, toot)
/u/, a high-back-rounded tense vowel

> o (in go, rote)
For English, it's a diphthong, in my dialect /ow/, but if it's pure in
your lang, it would be /o/, a close-mid back rounded vowel.

> a (in dot, faught; open 'a')
This varies greatly from dialect to dialect, but always a low vowel.
For me, it's either back or central low unrounded.

> e (in set, fetch)
/E/, open-mid unrounded front.

> i (in keep, me)
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