Re: USAGE: S. Australian (was: Re: Gz^rod|in)

Re long vowel in 'gone'

> >All I can say is, think of it as a cross
> >between _Drawn_ and an elongated verson of _On_.
>
> - The same vowel might be expected in _shone_.
Only if you say it slowly. And add a touch of
_shorn_

> And what vowel do you pronounce in words like _fond_,
> _bond_, _blond_, _beyond_?
All the same as in 'hot'.

I was thinking more about what I said about "talk"
and "law", analysing my speech a bit more. The
vowel in "law" is definately a diphthong, as I
said, and the vowel in "talk" is phonemically
identical but phonetically more pure. However,
this is only because it stops just before the
glide in anticipation of the unvoiced 'k'.

Adrian.
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