Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

In a message dated 4/6/01 8:53:56 PM, hr_oskar@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< Mm, no; 'pot', 'lot', 'rather' all have [Q], AFAIK. [A] is rare or non-

existent in English dialects (right?). >>

If [A] is the sound I think it is, it exists in every American dipthong with
an "a" sound in it.  (i.e.: kite, light, how, now)  Also, the words "pot",
"lot" and "rather" EACH have a different sound in my American dialect: the
first is your [Q], I believe; the second is the backwards c; the last is ae
(like in cat).

-David