Re: USAGE: [CONLANG] A discourse on Phonemics (was:
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 7, 2002, 13:52 |
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Tristan scripsit:
> Since when? Short /Q/s are all [Q]s, aren't they? /wQt/ else is the
> vowel in /nQt/ supposed to be?
My understanding is that that vowel is /O/, rather higher than /Q/,
as also in Canada and RP.
> Okay, I'd only heard the Aussie and American pronunciations and assumed
> the Brits used /A/. My mistake.
Oh, they do.
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