Re: Critique sought

Irina Rempt-Drijfhout wrote:
>
> On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Grandsire, C.A. wrote:
>
> > French, which has the rounded and unrounded versions of all front vowels
> > except /a/
>
> *Is* there a rounded version of /a/? If so, what's it like?
>
        Not in French, but IPA has it as "small capital o-e ligature" so I
suppose it is used somewhere in the world :) . I can produce it at
least.

        In French (until 15 years ago or so), there were two kinds of /a/,
differentiated not by roundness but front-back distinction. But the back
/A/ was not rounded (as far as I remember), contrary to the other back
vowels.

>    Irina
>
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