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24-Jul-2008, 12:34
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Originally Posted by belly_ttt  And with the cow, sow, I believe the sound is /au/ | Yes, it is. Sorry, I was tired when I typed /ou/ last night. Would this help? diphthong – a complex sound consisting of two vowel sounds.
[aI] (right), [oI] (boy), [eI] (they), [aU] (laud), [oU] – (go)
Note: English [e] occurs only in [eI] and [o] only in [oU]. Therefore the glide is often omitted in simplified transcriptions, because you know it is always there.
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http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~hana/201/HO07-Phonetics.pdf
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24-Jul-2008, 12:37
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Originally Posted by Soup | Thanks, that's what I was after. It's a SAMPA based ASCII IPA system.
In this system "dog" is /dQg/ in BrE and /dAg/ in AmE.
This site gives some more of the many confusing ASCII systems: http://www.blahedo.org/ascii-ipa.html
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I heard people speak Rico as Ric/o/ but not Ric/ou/. In addition, when I tried speak the o as a in other word people from Asutralia, Britain hardly understand me, and on TV, American sometimes speak o instead of a. Why? |
25-Jul-2008, 09:33
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Originally Posted by belly_ttt I heard people speak Rico as Ric/o/ but not Ric/ou/. In addition, when I tried speak the o as a in other word people from Asutralia, Britain hardly understand me, and on TV, American sometimes speak o instead of a. Why? | Pronunciation of vowels differs in different English-speaking places, as I've illustrated with the "dog" examples. |
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Originally Posted by belly_ttt I heard people speak Rico as Ric/o/ but not Ric/ou/. | Once again, Note: English [o] (occurs) only in [oU]. Therefore the glide [..U] is often omitted in simplified transcriptions, because you know it is always there.
In other words, transcribed [o] = [oU]. For example, the AmE pronunciation for Rico is transcribed as Ric[oU] or Ric[o], same sound. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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