Re: USAGE: Western Usonian /a/

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 09:01:19AM -0700, dirk elzinga wrote:
>      I         II       III
>
>     are       Lord      not
>     father    Mormon    prophesy
>               fault     spotless
>               all       upon
>               for       what
>                         God
>
My turn!

Something like /A/ (or maybe /a/?):
        are
        father
        not
        spotless
        god/God

Something not quite /O/, maybe /o/ (but distinct from /ou/ as in <so> /sou):
        lord/Lord
        Mormon
        for

/O/ (maybe more lower, closer to /Q/):
        fault
        all
        prophesy

/V/:
        what

Although I can tell the 'for' vowel isn't exactly the same as the 'all'
vowel, they don't seem to be a minimal pair. Well, actually I do make a
distinction between <oral> and <aural>: /or@l/ vs. /O(:)r@l/, but I know
that in my case that's an exaggeration to keep the two distinct.

--
Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
Conlang code:
CU !lh:m cN:R:S:G a+ y n2d:1d !R* A-- E L* N1 Id:m k- ia- p+ m- o+ P-- d* b+++ lainesco