Re: vowel descriptions

Nik Taylor wrote:

> > 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.
You actually make a phonemic distinction between /V/ and /@/?

> > 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.
No kidding:  in many American dialects, those two words he listedare phonemically two
distinct vowels: /O/ and /A/. Not in mine, but
a lot, especially out East.

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