Re: tSat: Re: 'tEst 'pli:z ig'nOr\

I'm pretty sure the majority pronunciation over here in these united states
has the CAUGHT/COT merger.

I was personally quite confused in school by the use of three different
phonetic symbols for what were, as far as I could tell, the same sound:
FATHER (symbolized by ä), COT (o or ŏ), and CAUGHT (ô; we called the
circumflex a "housetop").

While in the general area, I just now noticed that FATHER is lumped in with
PALM in Wells' lexical sets.  Those are quite different for me; for one
thing, I pronounce the L in PALM, or at least lateralize the vowel; but for
another, said vowel is higher and further back.  Words like "PALM" are, in
fact, as close as I get to having an [O] in my 'lect; all the usual
candidates have merged with [a].

Hm. Do we need to add /waj ej i pi ti/ to the subject line now? :)

-- 
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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