Re: ka and k^a [was: [tied] *kW- "?"]

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From: "Rob" <magwich78@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: ka and k^a [was: [tied] *kW- "?"]



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> > Not really, from what I understand. Even words like
> > "father", in British English, are often pronounced like
> > "fother".
>
> /A:/ in the <father> words, /A./ in the <lot> words.

Sometimes, to be sure. Oftentimes, though, I hear them as [fO:D@]
and [lO?], respectively. (Being an American, I say [fa:Dr\=] and
[la?].)

- Rob

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Patrick:

No American dialect from coast to coast or in between pronounces <lot> as
/la?/.

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