Re: tSat: Re: 'tEst 'pli:z ig'nOr\
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 1, 2007, 1:52 |
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I can't really compare "off" and "all" because the vowel in the latter is
too, er, lateralized. My subjective belief as the articulator is that
"off", "all", and "are" are variants of the same underlying vowel quality,
just dipthongalized by the liquids, but it's hard to be sure.
On 1/31/07, veritosproject@gmail.com <veritosproject@...> wrote:
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> quote:You pronounce "off" with the same vowel as "all"? I thought that was
> something only old people with broad Australian or Cockney accents
> did. I suppose in America, most bets are "orf" too.
>
> PNW here, and i say [af] and [al].
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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