[Lexicog] new nosey word, but really phonetics

[Koontz John E]

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 rrhodes at cogsci.berkeley.edu wrote:
> I'm going to stick my neck out again and say something controversial.
> I believe that EVERY stressed vowel in American English is
> diphthongized, or potentially diphthongized.

I'm not sure we haven't wandered well away from lexicography, but I do
feel at least a tensing of the back of the tongue.  However, for me brrr
is /br<schwa>r/, where /<schwa>r/ (segmental analusis) is that retroflex
r-vocoid (phonetic analysis).  I think this kind of disphthongization
would show up well in sonograms.



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