Re: OT: "Claw" (was "I'm new at this")

Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> First problem. In your dialect maybe, but I never heard "clod" pronounced with
> [A]. At most with [O]. Also, [5] in that position I never heard (and I *do*
> recognise this one normally). Is it pronounced this way in British English?
What does [5] represent?

> No for the first part, but yes for the second. OK, so "aw" in claw is not the
> same as in "clown", but it's definitely a diphtongue, ending as high as the
> diphtongue in "clown" or "cloud". Maybe [ow] or [Ow].
I can't think of any time I've ever heard it anywhere close to that.  I
say /klA/, because I speak a dialect that merges /O/ and /A/, so
"clawed" and "clod" *are* homophones for me, and I would presume anyone
who merges /A/ and /O/.  There's maybe a slight /@/ offglide, something
like [kl_0A@], but definitely nowhere near a /w/.

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