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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">My reply is a little behind because I get the list in digest form. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Terry Irons wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">>dog, lost, horror, on, upon, water, wash</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">>My query is, what vowel would you consider to be the underlying phoneme</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">in each case, ) or a?> </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">In my opinion you aren't considering enough phonemes. My opinion is based on growing up in Mississippi.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">dog = )</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">lost = )</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">horror = a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">on = o</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">upon = schwa in both syllables</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">water = a, but my 95 year old grandmother uses )</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">wash = a</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mary Beth Breland</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Assistant Professor of English</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">English Department Chair</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hannibal-LaGrange College</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2800 Palmyra Road</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hannibal, MO 63401</FONT>
<BR><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mbreland@hlg.edu</FONT></U>
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