horse/hoarse

[Peter A. McGraw]

Actually, YOU were into spelling, and I didn't get it.  Now I do.  Spelling
"short-o" = low central [a] (at least for my vowel in "cot").  Confusion
cleared up.

Peter Mc.

--On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 7:16 PM -0400 "Dennis R. Preston"
<preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU> wrote:

> I'm calling it short-o. That's the traditional name for the vowel in
> "hot." If you're into spelling (as I am not) that may confuse you. Go
> with the philological flow. Short-a is the vowel in "hat" and long-a is
> the vowel in "father."
>
> dInIs
>
>
>
>> Now I'm confused all over again, unless there was a typo in your message.
>> I presume you meant to write "...hot (short-a)" --right?
>>
>> Peter Mc.
>>
>> --On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 3:51 PM -0400 "Dennis R. Preston"
>> <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> hoarse has the same vowel as coat (long-o)
>>> horse has the same vowel as caught (open-o)
>>> parse has the same vowel as hot (short-o)
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ************************************************************************
>> **** Peter A. McGraw
>>                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
>>                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu
>
>
> Dennis R. Preston
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> Michigan State University
> East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
> preston at pilot.msu.edu
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                               Peter A. McGraw
                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu