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> In a message dated 4/20/01 12:10:25 AM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
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> << Since the vowel I have in "bird" etc is a plain old schwa, I
> assume you've
> got something different? Retroflex schwa [@`] ? [R] is a
> consonant in SAMPA >>
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> Well, I just don't know SAMPA. The vowel I'm thinking of is the schwa
> with the hook on the end. Is that retroflex schwa? Anyway, to
> someone who speaks California English, do you have an adequate description
> for the vowel I'm talking about?
>
> -David
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That's a schwa with r-colouration or a "rhotacised schwa" I think.
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