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Old 02-May-2008, 18:17
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Default Re: The diphthong in "smoke"

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Originally Posted by Dave Mortimer View Post
I'm not at all familiar with the way by which Buddaheart explains pronunciation but I do know that in the UK the long O sound is altered to OR by people from the north (Yorkshire, Lancashire) or Scotland, or even Wales:

Horm (for home), Snor (for Snow) and so on.

In some dialects, home can become almost hum, or snow snahr.

(Buddaheart, is there some established practice that describes phonetics and where could I find reference to it?)

Dave
I don't know about Buddaheart, but stick to the point;what you think would be the best phonetic transcription for "home" in the video I linked?
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