There are a few words which tend to have the ... the same) - half, halve, calf, can't, shan't, banana, rather. Also there are still a handful of AmE speakers that follow the southern England approach (mainly in Eastern New England). Yes,

"Have" has the lax vowel of "can" (be able), while "halve" has the tense vowel of "can" (= BrE tin). Sorry, Richard, I just don't get it. Not always the teacher's fault. Color to a blind man, or some

So the basic question is: Is the Cambridge pronunciation of ... or ride a "BOOSS". Which **should** it be? Cap orCup? Why not choose the intermediate solution that (it seems to me) isoffered by prestige varieties of AmE, notably Postwar

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I heard another Chicago bus driver say "Illinoize" the other day. (An African-American speaker, he wasn't an s/z merger-er.) I wonder whether a *majority* of Chicago residents pronounce(s) the in "Illinois". I don't

I certainly hear "marry" as different from the other two. ... close to my "merry", but probably there is a difference. I hear something between a "slight" difference and very different. I think the distinction is

Very nice! Listening to it is like standing "on line" drinking a "regular coffee". I haven't yet had a chance to listen to Mr. ... just want to say that this is *very* good news. I certainly hear "marry" as

(regarding Michael Hamm's recording) The (O@) in (the second) "long" and "coffee" is very noticeable, at least to this Rightpondian who uses the "cot" vowel in those words. No big whoop, though. The pronunciation

You say you're not MINMINM? To my ear, your three "Mary", "marry", and "merry" vowels all sound very different. I haven't yet had a chance to listen to Mr. Hamm's recording (and I look forward to doing so)

'Eve' means something different than night. 'Halloween Eve' has a perfectly unambiguous meaning. It is uttered and understood by people who aren't necessarily dolts. People need a name for the *30th* of October? I don't