People who use terms like "CINC", "cot/father vowel", "ah pronunciation" ... a place where the terms are thoroughly defined and explained. Wasn't there some reference to something like that? Of course it would be

The "cahfee" pronunciation is common in the white ethnic southern and western extremities and inner suburbs. What Areff is tryin' ta do wit dat "Badder" and "care pairk" jazz is beyond me. What Richard is trying

RP speakers don't rhyme 'bald' and 'bold'; I believe they say roughly (bOld) and (b@Uld), BICBWAT. Some AmE speakers merge that pair, I think (don't Minnesotans?). I don't think so, though my relatives in Minnesota

RP speakers don't rhyme 'bald' and 'bold'; I believe they say roughly (bOld) and (b@Uld), BICBWAT. Some AmE speakers merge that pair, I think (don't Minnesotans?). And there's no single phonetic CIC or CINC

wrote: One: what's the difference between /R/ and /V"r/? "curd" /'kV"rd/ "curl" /'kRl/ It's similar to "feed" /'fid/ versus "feel" /'fI@l/, or "made" /'med/

Whenever I've asked a Dutch person to pronounce Gogh it ... answer... in fact I would be surprised if there isn't. Here we are: http://www.nga.gov/education/vgt pronun.htm Not only does the Dutch pronunciation sound completely different

(..and I'm not absolutely certain any more which "g" sound ... some who pronounce "Streatham" as "Street'm" with a straight face..) The real debate for Penge is what the vowel should be. I stand with Terry