> --- Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...> wrote:
> > Is /Q/ midway between /A/ and /O/? I realized it
> may
> > affect the phonemics I used for "apartment".
>
> /Q/ is the rounded form of /A/. /Q/ is a turned
> script a in the IPA. /Q/ is a
> rounded low back vowel. /Q/ is the sound used by
> most speakers of English (who
> don't use /A/) for a short 'o'. /Q/ is a bit of /A/
> and a bit of /O/, but I
> wouldn't say it was midway between the two.
>
> Tristan
>
>
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