Re: Vowels?
| From: | Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 25, 2002, 1:54 |
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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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