Re[8]: ka and k^a [was: [tied] *kW- "?"]

At 8:54:46 PM on Friday, September 23, 2005, Patrick Ryan
wrote:

> From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>

>> At 7:23:29 PM on Friday, September 23, 2005, Patrick Ryan
>> wrote:

>>> Well, according to the IPA, [a] is a front vowel more open
>>> than [æ];

>> No, according to the IPA [a] is an open front unrounded
>> vowel, and [æ] is a near-open front unrounded vowel. There
>> is no specification of relative frontness, only of relative
>> openness.

> I wrote "more open" not "more to the front".

So you did. My apologies. The idea that anyone would think
[æ] more open than [a] was so odd that it simply didn't
register, especially when it *is* more front, but I should
have read more carefully.

Brian