Re: New Try from a New Guy

From: "Joseph Fatula" <fatula3@...>
> >  > 1. Is it reasonable to have the diphthongs [aI], [OI], and [aU] even
> >  > though I do not have  the individual sounds of [a], [O] or [U]?
> >
> > Yes.  American English has the diphthongs [aI], [aU], [eI], [oU]
> > but not [a], [e], [o] by themselves.
>
> All of a sudden I feel as though I've misunderstood SAMPA...
>
> Is the first vowel sound in American English "father" [a]?  The way that
> sounds normal to me doesn't seem to have any diphthongization at all.
General American has [A] in "father".  But I'm not sure of [aI] and [aU], here
it's more like [AI] and [{U] ...


    *Muke!
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