Re: IPA for the Vowel in "good"

In a message dated 7/26/01 12:15:45 PM, alrivera@ALUMNI.SOUTHERN.EDU writes:

<< My guess (which may be wholly wrong) is that you have [U_c] because a [U:]
>
[U_c] change.  But [U:] would generally only appear as /U/ before an

originally voiced consonant.  So you could possibly find a contrast where a

consonant changed voice.


Do they contrast, maybe, in <putting> vs. <pudding> ? >>

    No, no, no, you see the vowel depends wholly on the consonant before it.
In "put" I've got /U/, as well as in both "putting" and "pudding", both
pronounced /'p_hU.RiN/ (where /R/ is a flap).  So, I think, then, there can't
be a minimal pair.  It's just /U/>[bilabial]_ (I do have /U_c/ in "foot") and
/U_c/ otherwise.
    Hee, hee...  Yeah, I've got a minimal pair: /hUd/="hood" and
/hU_cd/="heard" (NYC accent).  ;)

-David

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