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

--- In conlang@y..., John Cowan <jcowan@R...> wrote:
> Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
>
> > At least that's the nearest I ever heard it pronounced.
>
> I make "claw" [k_h5O:], and I bet most Brits do too.  But [aw], no,
impossible.
>
> --
> John Cowan          http://www.ccil.org/~cowan        jcowan@r...
    Well, for what it's worth (and I'm not familiar with the notation above)
I pronounce the 'a' in claw the same as the 'a' in 'father' or the 'o' in
'dog' or 'clod'.  It's that 'ah' sound you make when the doctor tells you to
open up and say "ah".

I have *got* to learn this SAMPA notation! :)

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Michael David Martin, Master Mason
Temecula/Catalina Island Lodge #524
Free & Accepted Masons of California

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