| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 23, 2001, 2:59 |
This question is directed primarily to non-rhotic English-speakers. Is it just Melbourne, or just Australia, or is the vowel in 'kerb'/'bird' ect. really [3\:], and not [3:] as is generally shown, and if it is, then why isn't [3\:] (i.e, closed open e/closed reversed epsilon) used instead? Tristan
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| Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...> |