Re: New Try from a New Guy

>  > 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.

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