On Sat, 4 May 2002 18:46:32 +0100 And Rosta <a-rosta@...>
writes:
> > But anomalously so, like /RQT/ for "wrath". For me, /Q/ is one of
> the most
> > reliable markers of Not-My-Accent.
> I don't understand. Even if AusE has /Q/ in "wrath", it still has a
> low
> back vowel phoneme, and anyway, where is the anomaly. As for /rQT/,
> that's
> not an AusE preculiarity; rather, /raT/ is an AmE peculiarity.
> (Hence
> British newspapers calling _Portnoy's complaint_ _The gripes of
> Roth_.)
> --And.
-
Wait... so if "wrath" is /rQt/ in Australian English, how do they
pronounce "wroth" there?
-Stephen (Steg)
"i took his flüt."