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Re: New Try from a New Guy

From:Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Sunday, December 15, 2002, 18:48
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 01:02:37 -0800 Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...>
writes:
> Um... now I think I'm even worse off. Let me explain some of the > vowels > that are phonemic in the way I speak English. I don't know what > dialect > exactly it represents, but here they are: > > /a/ as in father > /A/ as in cot > /O/ as in caught
these are the same as what i have
> /@/ as in cut
i have /V/ in 'cut'
> These vowels don't seem to have any diphthongization at all. Does > this make > sense? For background, I'm from New York, not the city, very close > to > Massachusetts, but lots of influence from parents, family, etc. from > Philadelphia, and I now live in California.
this makes sense to me. i'm from ohio.
> Joe Fatula
Robert Wilson http://kuvazokad.free.fr/ Yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen. Yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.