Re: question on vowel tensing, fronting, backing, ect.

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Reilly
Schlaier

> wel im from central california (lodi)
> but "bang" and "ban" have different vowels [e] and [&]
> though "bane" has [e]
SoCal here, "bang" and "ban" are /b{N/ /b{n/ with "bane" being
/be(I)n/. The loss of the diphthong seems to happen only in more
casual situations.