Roger Mills wrote:
>Very much lengthened (compared to my own pronunciation at least, which might
>be [Ar\] or even just retroflexed [A^] (is that right??)), also his [A]
>seems closer to [Q], so maybe [Q:r\]. (Pardon my SAMPA)
>To imitate it, I really have to work my jaw around, almost as if chewing a
>tough piece of meat :-)
>
>
Having a rounded /Ar/ in American English is something I would expect.
But it may be like saying [Oi] for /ai/ [6i] is something Americans
expect of Australians---something that's simply Not Done.
Tristan.
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