Re: sending mail to the list
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 2, 2001, 22:23 |
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In a message dated 5/2/01 3:03:23 PM, jaspax@U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes:
<< Anyway, I wrote to say (1) that both "put" and "book" have /U/ (the lax
sound), and (2) that it doesn't matter since the distinction between /u/
and /U/ may be gone in 20 years anyway. >>
I realized at the time that it was kind of a joke, yet...as I sounded it
out and did over and over again, I found I do have two different vowels in
"put" and "book": my lips are rounded with "put" and they definitely are not
with "book". Did I just invent this when I saw that? Does any other native
English speaker have this? Any native Southern California English speaker?
-David
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