| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, March 4, 2000, 0:47 |
James Campbell wrote:> In careful speech/ /a:(r)/ /aU&(r)/ /aU&(r)/ > word stressed > > In normal conversation /a:(r)/ /a:(r)/ /aU&(r)/ > > There is crossover, but maybe not in the same way as for American dialects?In my dialect, it's almost always are/our = /Ar/, hour = /aur/, but when stressed, _our_ is sometimes (but rarely) /aur/.