On 3 Nov 2003 14:48:00 -0800, I wrote, in part: It's at http://www.math.wustl.edu/~msh210/recording.html Well, I've now listened to Mr. Hamm's recording, though I will continue to study it on future occasions. My comments: First of

I hate Archie Bunker's accent! He speaks in a peculiar New York style,which tends to substitute the diphthong oy for ... vowel where I'm from the schwa+r combination is rendered as a kind of gliding semivowel but this diphthong version is

A very interesting question. I am an American, and when I took some private singing lessons several years ago, the instructor made me alter my pronunciation when singing, explaining that the pronunciation used when we talk is distracting in

( . . . ) 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

Hi, you asked Which is the correct usage please: " I have ordered a / an MRI (magnetic resonance scan) and will review the patient following this." Rule: With single letters and groups of letters that are pronounced as individual letters, be

I see now that, while Merriam-Webster has "here" with the vowel of "bin" and "lean" with the vowel of "bean", If you're talking about Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, this used to be the case

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

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 16:45:46 +0300, sand (Email Removed) said: ( . . . ) The "saw" to me is like in sawing wood. I think that is more or less standard. But it isn't. Many people, me included, pronounce "saw" with the vowel