the long and the short of it

[Baker, John]

        That was called the "broad a" when I was in school.

John Baker


-----Original Message-----
From: Beverly Flanigan [mailto:flanigan at OHIOU.EDU]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:44 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: the long and the short of it


Mark's system is the one I remember too.  "Short o" is actually the /a/ of
'hot', 'pot', etc. (as opposed to the 'long o' of 'note').  But what about
'ah' [a] in 'father' and 'pasta' (Italian-style)?   Was there really no
name for that?