Re: New Try from a New Guy

Emaelivpahr Roger Mills:
>That's pretty standard US, and coincides with what I've always used.  A lot
>of
>people seem to have the same vowel in father and cot [A], and
>_supposedly_ the/a Calif. dialect also has [A] in caught.
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>And Arthaey Argosii wrote:
>>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.>
>
>Are you a Californian? (see preceding comment)
Yup.  Seems I'v validated your "supposed" dialect.  Could you try
explaining what vowels everyone else is using?  In my introductory
linguistics class, I never was able to hear the difference between [A] and
the open-o/turned-c vowel.


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