Re: "y" and "r"
| From: | And Rosta <a.rosta@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, March 30, 2001, 10:01 |
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Ray:
> But quite frankly I find the likelihood of mistaking English 'oo' in 'bOOt'
> for [y] rather than [u] surprising to say the least.
Depends where Daniel's from. In some places (e.g. Lancashire) Eng BOOT is
decidedly frontish, while in other places it is centralish but frontish
relative to FOOT. Certainly John's earlier declaration that BOOT is [u]
in English seems rather americocentric (unlike J himself, of course).
--And.
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