Re: New Try from a New Guy

From: "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>

> Well, first of all, "American English" isn't a very precise designation.
> The vowels in Texan are quite different from vowels in Boston, for
> example. In Texas, the /a/ in "father" is probably closer to [&] whereas
> in Boston it might be better described by [a]. In British English, it
> sounds like [A], although that's just my (not-so-accurate) perception.
Texans say [A] for "father". But as my former Bostonian girlfriend pointed
out (she says [O]), we open our mouths A LOT for that vowel.