on-line dialect survey (B. Vaux)

Dale Coye Dalecoye at AOL.COM
Thu Oct 10 14:18:29 UTC 2002


I see now I was confused (too hasty in looking it over) -- c and d are not
the same answer...d is for those who merge the vowels of cot and caught...
also there is a race question (optional) when you sign in.   It's tricky to
do this kind of survey as I found several years ago...
>  1. aunt
> >       a. [] as in "ah" (9.94%)
> >       b. [] as in "ant" (75.16%)
> >       c. [] as in "caught" (2.24%)
> >       d. I have the same vowel in "ah", "caught", and "aunt" (2.24%)
> >       e. I pronounce it the same as "ain't" (0.64%)
> >       f. I use [/] when referring to the general concept of an aunt, but
> []
> >  when referring to a specific person by name. (7.21%)
> >       g. I use [] when referring to the general concept of an aunt, but
> [/]
> >  when referring to a specific person by name. (1.76%)
> >       h. other (0.80%)
> >      (624 respondents)
>



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