> > So you've read the web page with the ASCII
> > transcriptions defined on it?
>
> no, haven't seen it yet, although i can tell at least two
> are being used on this list.
I can't seem to find my link. Maybe I only have it written
down on paper. Someone else can give it to you.
> Yes, i do agree. But do 'can' as a verb (I can do it) and
> 'can' as a noun (there is a can there )differ? For me,
they
> are [k&n] and [k&:n], respectively
Yes. Although it's rare for the verb to be stressed, and
when it's not stressed it's [k@n].
> > So _air_ isn't a diphthong for you? Interesting.
>
> No, and I've never heard anyone here using an diphthong.
> The only time i have heard it diphthongised is, i believe,
> on English T.V. So the change in Melbourne is at least two
> or three generations old, and fairly universal.
That's new information for me.
Adrian.