Re: New Try from a New Guy

On Sunday 15 December 2002 9:15 am, Arthaey Angosii wrote:
> Emaelivpahr Joe Fatula:
> >/a/ as in father
> >/A/ as in cot
> >/O/ as in caught
> >/@/ as in cut
>
> Arrrg!  I hate vowels.  They're impossible to compare by using "standard"
> English words.  As far as I can tell from listening to my own
> pronunciations, "father," "cot," and "caught" all rhyme perfectly.  Only
> "cut" sounds different.
>
> I hate it when foreign-language books use English words to show how vowels
> should sound...

Well, unless they use the IPA, there's no way not to.