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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of D Tse
> Sent: Monday, 29 January, 2001 3:08 AM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: phonology ?
> > they say that the /o/, as in /go/ is diphthong, is this common for this
> > sound?
>
> > mario
>
> In most dialects of English the word "go" seems to have a diphthong that
> dictionaries usually treat in general as /oU/ but in actual speech is
> usually not that. That is, unless you have a funny accent.
It depends on dialect/accent:
British: [@U]
American: [Ou]
Scottish: [o:]
Australian: [EU]
... more or less.
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