Re: USAGE: Shaw alphabet (was Re: USAGE: Con-graphies)

Mark J. Reed wrote;

 I am, honestly, not
> trying to start YAEPT, but does /Q/ really contrast with both /A/ (AH)
> and /O/ (AWE) in RP?   Are there minimum triples?
>
How about "law" [Q]???? vs. "father?/dance, grass" [A]??? vs. "pot" [O]??

Or would law and pot differ only as to long/short [O]?? (I'm fairly sure
that they're Q:O in Proper Bostonian)...And RP "father" may have [a]; but I
think dance and grass do have [A]...
Impressionistic...not really up on my RP, which I gather is not as R as it
used to be.

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