Re[2]: [tied] -kt- (was: Alb. katër)

At 4:55:31 PM on Tuesday, November 18, 2003, Richard
Wordingham wrote:

> The problem is that the vowel in English has become lower
> and more central than IPA [V], and the IPA symbol for the
> current vowel is the one traditionally used for the
> Received Pronunciation (RP) of "bird". If I'd written
> [r3f], I'd have caused confusion.

The current vowel is written [V] in the transcription of
American English in the Handbook of the IPA. It's a little
lower than [3]; in fact, Ladefoged puts it just about at
turned-a.

Brian