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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Lingtyp colleagues, so Americans,
especially Southerners do not talk like the speakers of the North-Eastern
dialect of New England, like those of the State of Maine, do they? I wish I
knew. Do Southerners distinguish between long and short vowels? Do the
spekers of Maine and other New England States in the USA distinguish
between long and short vowels? I mean like HEEL and Hill, Boot and
BOOK, PARK and PUCK, etc? And what about the representatives of the
Western or Central US dialects? Looking forward to hearing from you soon to
<A href="mailto:yutamb@mail.ru">yutamb@mail.ru</A> , be well YOurs most obidient
servant Yuri Tambovtsev, Novosibirsk,
Russia.</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>