Re: PA dialect (was: Re: i'm reforming one of my conlangs)

> Den 12. des. 2008 kl. 22.00 skrev Carl Banks:> > > I am not the biggest expert
> on dialectal English, but I've never > > heard of au being pronounced /&U/ in
> any English dialect, only > > foreign languages.
 
If that "&" means [æ] (ash), I have... in PHiladelphian "growl" "now" though not
in many other words (generally by the same people who pronounce the /ay/
diphthong as [QI] or even [OI])
OTOH if "&" means [@], then [@U] is very Canadian, but also Chesapeake/Tidewater
area, and even some deep south (I've heard it from Georgians).> > I think I
have heard it in Liverpool, but this is rather the ou > diphthong. The one in
Scouse. Similar to the Dutch uy in Kuyt, I think.> > LEF

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