Re: USAGE: Western Usonian /a/

>On Wednesday, February 7, 2001, at 10:01 AM, dirk elzinga wrote:
>
> >      I         II       III
> >
> >     are       Lord      not
> >     father    Mormon    prophesy
> >               fault     spotless
> >               all       upon
> >               for       what
> >                         God
> >
> >  What is most interesting to me is that the erstwhile
> > 3-way distinction has disappeared and become a 2-way distinction
> > in Utah English (merging I and III) and no distinction at all in
> > other areas of the (Mid)West (vowel II merged variously with /o/
> > and with I in addition to the II/III merger).
>
>In my accent (dunno what to call it, I grew up in Southern Louisiana but
>apparently I do not have a normal local accent since people often ask
>me where I'm from... <shrug>) all three are distinct.
>
>
>Andy
The Old World strikes back!
After hearing about all these American variants, I just I'd add that in
British-ish English I learnt at school, I is [A:], II is [o:] and III is [O]
except for in "God" which we were taught to pronounce [gVd].

                                                      Andreas
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