Re: CHAT: IPA Question
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 17:53 |
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On Wednesday 29 January 2003 2:21 pm, John Cowan wrote:
> H. S. Teoh scripsit:
> > > /}/ root
> >
> > I'm confused... which vowel is this?? In *my* English idiolect, the vowel
> > here would be [u], same as in "lute" or "good".
>
> There are many words in which the pronunciation of "oo" is uncertain.
> Making "root" rhyme with "put" is a widespread minority pronunciation in
> N.A. 19th-century RP even had /brUm/ for "broom".
-I- say /brUm/. I sometimes say /bru:m/ too, depending on my mood.