Re: Pre-Kindergarten diphthong analysis
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul.w.bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 19, 2008, 14:16 |
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On 9/19/08, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> Distinguishing 'horse" and "hoarse" must be that NORTH/FORCE
> distinction I've read about. What are some sample realizations?
AFAICT /hor\s/ vs /hO@r\s/ or something similar.
There's also the (perhaps only stereotypical modernly) /hOs/ for the
former in Southwestern (or Old Western?) USAian, but I'm not sure what
the HOARSE would be for that. Maybe /hO@r\s/ again?
Paul
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