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Re: Vowels?

From:Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...>
Date:Friday, January 25, 2002, 1:54
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:20:06 +1100
Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Padraic Brown wrote: > > > Am 23.01.02, Chris Palmer yscrifef: > > > > > (In addition to the tongue articulation difference, though, [R] as I say > > > it has rounded lips.) > > > > 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.)
Urm... is that unusual ? ;) I do it too, but I'm not sure if my dialect (Dublin) usually does it (I think I made up my own accent when I was a kid). What about distinguishing "wh-" from "w-"? Is that common? (I do it.) On that subject, is Australian English arhotic? If so, do you round you lips on the 'r' of 'right' and/or on the 'r' of 'fork' ? Explain yourself!!
> Tristan
Stephen

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