horse/hoarse

[Dennis R. Preston]

Peter,

Well, I was using the historical "names" for these suckers since we can't
use ordinary transcription. Often when I say stuff like "low-central" and
"mid-back" I get too many queries. Your [a] came through loud and clear on
my system, but lots of people will get something else.

dInIs



>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
>> Department of Linguistics and Languages
>> Michigan State University
>> East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
>> preston at pilot.msu.edu
>> Office: (517)353-0740
>> Fax: (517)432-2736
>
>
>
>****************************************************************************
>                               Peter A. McGraw
>                   Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
>                            pmcgraw at linfield.edu


Dennis R. Preston
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736