Re: SoCal vowels (was Re: sending mail to the list)

On Thu, 3 May 2001 09:50:07 -0700 J Matthew Pearson
<pearson@...> writes:
> This is an interesting hypothesis.  So do you have the same contrast
> between
> "could" (more rounded) and "good" (less rounded)?  We should test
> this systematically:
> If Steg's guess is right, then the vowels in column A should all
> sound the
> same, and the vowels in column B should all sound the same, and the
> vowels in
> column A should sound different from the vowels in column B...
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Just remember - i don't hear the vowels differently, i *feel the
consonants* differently.  Maybe i should really do this in front of the
mirror, but hey why not just try it quick first right here...
rounded consonants:
Put, Took, Could, Soot, Rook, Crook, Should, Shook, Cook, Hook
non-rounded:
Book, Look, Good, Foot

Some of the rounded ones, for instance the /p/'s and /r/'s, were more
rounded than other rounded ones, such as the /S/'s.

>   A        B
>   put      book
>   took     look
>   could    good
>   soot     rook
>   foot     crook
>   should
>   shook
>   cook
>   hook
>
> What do you think?
>
> Matt.
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-Stephen (Steg)
 "so close, no matter how far..."
     ~ "nothing else matters" by metallica

PS- with regard to the subject of the email, i'm an NYCer, not a SoCaler.