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Re: USAGE: English, Masculine, Feminine

From:Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 10:25
Emaelivpeith Tristan McLeay:
> /ko:t/ = caught, court, quart (not that the latter is used much. In > fact, you probably have pretty decent odds of finding that most people > my age don't know what it is, let alone how much it is) > /kOt/ = cot. > > Cot and caught are more likely to drift apart then closer.
In which case, how do you pronounce "coat"? For me, it's [kot], which sounds nothing like my [kAt], [kor\t], or [kwor\t]. :) -- AA