Re: Re[4]: [tied] Re: PIE initial *a

--- "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:

. . . .

>
> Thank you for these explanations.
>
> What about the word father ?
> Is the <a> not long in all varieties of Modern
> English ?
> Sounds to me as being neither pot nor cat.
>
> Arnaud.
>
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To me it sounds long BUT I've seen IPA descriptions
that distinguish between 2 sounds I perceive as /a:/.
Someone else can enlighten us regarding the difference
or purported difference.
Also in my English, the vowel in pot and the first
vowel in father are the same /pa:t/ fa:Dr/. I'd guess
Mr. (Dr.?) Wordingham would dare to differ.