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

(Quoting Adrian's message, with his permission)

Vasiliy Chernov wrote:

> - I have some problems with this. In particular,
> why the vowels in _gone_ and _bot_ are kept
> apart from each other?
Because they're different vowels! :-) The one in
_gone_ is longer, and also tighter in the throat.
(I believe they're the same in Tasmania, though.)

> Some features common with RP:
>
> _r_ is silent, except when a vowel follows;
This is a difference between S. Australian and
Gz^rod|in, which is why I adopted 'q' to represent
_r_ where I would usually render it silent.

> I am not sure about the vowels in _long_,
> _dog_, _lock_.
I'd render these as all the same vowel, and the
same as in _bot_.

> And it seems to me that there was something
> peculiar about vowels before nasals.
Don't think so. Not that I'm conscious of,
anyway.

Adrian.
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