Re: USAGE: [CONLANG] A discourse on Phonemics (was:

John Cowan:
> 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.
I think that in both Aus & RP the realization is the general area from
[Q] to [O], the canonical position being midway between them. Either
way, I think they both count as 'low back vowels'.

> > Okay, I'd only heard the Aussie and American pronunciations and assumed
> > the Brits used /A/. My mistake.
>
> Oh, they do.
They don't. See a couple of previous messages from me.

--And.