Re: Vowels?

>From: Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
>Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:56:16 +1100
>
>On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Adam Walker wrote:
>
> > >From: Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>
> > >Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:20:06 +1100
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Weird! ;) Mine only round for the wr- group.
> > >
> > >Erm... are you saying you distinguish 'write' from 'right'!? I didn't
> > >think anyone did! (For the record, my lips are always rounded when I
>say
> > >an R.)
> >
> > I didn't think anyone *ELSE* did.  I thought *I* was the only
>wr-rounder!!
>
>No, you misread me. I always round them. 'Write' and 'right' both start
>with a rounded /r\/. It's less rounded when between two unrouded vowels,
>but still rounded.
>
>Tristan

I miss read you not a whit.  The other dude (whose name I think *I* was the
guilty party in deleting from the post) said he only rounds the "wr".  You
said didn't think anyone distinguished them.  I said that until I saw the
other guy's post I thought I was the only one who *did* distinguish them.
Now I know there at least two weirdos -- me and the other guy.  You are
perfectly normal in smurging them together like the other sumpty bajillion
English speakers. Though I suspect a good many smurgers smurge in the
unrounded direction.

Adam

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