Re: YAEPT: Australian Milo

Mark J. Reed wrote:
> what = /wVt/  [w3t]   (rhymes with but=butt, cut, gut, hut, jut, nut, rut,
> Tut...)
>
> whack = /w&k/ [w&k] (rhymes with back, gack, hack, jack, lack, Mack, NAK,
> pack, quack, rack, sack, tack, vac(uum), yak, Zach)
My dia/idiolect: Agree with all those.

I have [O] /O/ in the *starred* words in the next list, [A]/a/ in the rest:
>
> The word under discussion rhymes with neither one IML, but rather with
> *bought, caught*=cot, dot, *fought*, got, hot, jot, lot, Mott, not, Ott,
> pot, rot, *sought, taught*=tot, yacht, Zot!  All of which have /at/
> which is, in fact, something very like [at].
These also rhyme with the word in question with (my) [A] /a/: squat, squash,
squab, squabble, waddle, twaddle, swaddle/swaddling [clothes].

s/t/d+w, (s)k+w seems to exhaust the possibilities, aside from foreign words
(we've had this discussion before......)

wattle and daub:  [wAtl=] [dOb]

It appears the WIQ is an outright obscenity mainly in the US......