Re: CHAT: IPA Question

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".

> > /u/  lute
> > /U/  book
> > /ei/  crate, often reducing to /e/  gr'ea'test
> > /8/  road
>
> Hmm. My idiolect has [oU] in "road". I was under the impression [8]
[oU] is American and Irish, principally.

> > /@/  run
>
> I have [V] here.
In rhotic American, [V] and [@] are both parts of the /@/ phoneme, with [V]
appearing in stressed syllables, [@] in unstressed ones.

> > /O/  saw
>
> To me, [O] and [A] are homophonous.
Western U.S., spreading eastward.


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