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From: "Joseph Fatula" <fatula3@...>
> 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.
>
I pronounce 'father' [fADEr] (Assuming I've learned SAMPA well enough
so far)
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Michael David Martin, Master Mason
Temecula/Catalina Island Lodge #524
Free & Accepted Masons of California