Re: Revised Eastern Vowel Orthography

Tom Wier wrote:
> Well, it's not much worse than the acoustic distinction between /T/
> and /f/ for most people (non-English speakers, for example) who don't
> grow up having to make the distinction.   I believe there's a London
> dialect (Cockney?) that has leveled out all /T/s in favor of /f/:  "both"
> is [bof].
As well as /D/ to /v/, I believe.  I've seen a phonetic spelling of
"bruvver" for "brother"

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