Re: USAGE: [CONLANG] A discourse on Phonemics (was: Re: E and

Steg:
> 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?
I say /r@UT/, to rhyme with _oath_, which is what the OED lists,
alongside /rQT/, though I think it's a word I've only read and
never heard. OED also has /rQT/ for _wrath_, of course.

--And.

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