Re: "claw" (was Re: New at this)

--- In conlang@y..., Roger Mills <romilly@E...> wrote:
> John Cowan wrote:
> >I make "claw" [k_h5O:], and I bet most Brits do too.  But [aw], no,
> impossible.
> >
> As do I, and millions of mid-westerners....
>
> However, the original poster has clarified matters--
>
> >Michael David Martin, Master Mason
> Temecula/Catalina Island Lodge #524
> Free & Accepted Masons of California>
>
> Note that address, and--
>  >   Well, for what it's worth (and I'm not familiar with the notation
> above)
> I pronounce the 'a' in claw the same as the 'a' in 'father' or the 'o' in
> 'dog' or 'clod'.  It's that 'ah' sound you make when the doctor tells you
to
> open up and say "ah".>
>
> This is our old friend, the modern California dialect, where it seems /A/
> and /O/ have merged, at least in a lot of words.  David Peterson, of all
> people, should have recognized it.....;-)
>
> For me: claw, clawed, Claude, dog, fog, law etc.have the same vowel, /O/.
> father, clod, rod, (medical) ah etc. have the same vowel, /A/.
> Other Dialects May Differ.

    So I guess in my original post I should have clearified by saying,
"Calfornian English is my native language" :)

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Michael David Martin, Master Mason
Temecula/Catalina Island Lodge #524
Free & Accepted Masons of California

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