I believe that what Jerry is referring to is the ... this, but a recording by Mr. Hamm may prove enlightening. You can be skeptical, but it's the case: I (in general) have /A/ before a voiced stop (and in ) and /a/ before a voiceless one. That

That is a definition of /A./: what /A./ is is a particular vowel phoneme. Which one? It's the ... an unambiguous definition; moreover, it's defined in terms of the things that phonemed ought to be defined in terms of. If it's a

It's an elliptical definition. I read Ross's line as meaning "(the vowel contained in) cot, bother...". That's still meaningless. There is no vowel that is contained in every rendition of "cot". The vowels that may

( . . . ) My ears can't detect any difference between the vowels of Bob's "call" and "Bob". I don't (yet) have formant-analysis software on my computer, so without knowing whether the vowels actually are objectively

The article in question, at http://www.bartleby.com/68/0/6600.html says, "There are four Standard pronunciations of xenophobia: ZEN-o-*FO*-bee-(y)uh, ZEEN-o-*FO*-bee-(y)uh, ZEN-uh-*FO*-bee-(y)uh, or ZEEN-uh-*FO*-bee-(y)uh. " I take that

The Chambers Dictionary (1993 edition) has a pronunciation symbol that they say corresponds to the vowels in "lean, keel, ... query". Is there anyone in the English speaking world who pronounces "here" and "lean" with

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/

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:37:08 +0100, "Jonathan Jordan" (Email Removed) said: All true, but whatever it is will probably be ... the vowelthey use in "saw", it's pretty clear and unambiguous. I don't see how you can say

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 20:37:08 +0100, "Jonathan Jordan" (Email Removed) said: On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 15:44:54 +0300, sand (Email Removed) ... would be ('sO:n@), or maybe ('sA.n@), or maybe something else. All true, but whatever it is

In article (Email Removed), Evan says... In 1991 and 1992 people were manifestly frustrated by a lack of common notational ground, especially those who were used ... but I don't know if anybody's sufficiently frustrated with it as it