Re: IPA for the Vowel in "good"

Roger Mills wrote:


> (That NYC form, IMHO, is at best fast speech/unstressed; it's more likely to
> be [h3:d] or [h@:d], lower and definitely more central, I think, than your
> [U_c]. I at least can't make your min.pr. convincingly. )

Actually, it is neither.  "Heard" is [hVjd], the same vowel as in
"oyster" [Vjst@].  Most people outside the city hear this as /Oj/
in /@R/ words, and /@R/ in /Oj/ words: "hoid", "erster".

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