southmore

[Scot LaFaive]

>> Do all of you who distinguish /a/ and 'open o' (cot vs. caught) have the former vowel in 'sophomore'? I'd expect some speakers to have 'open o' here by analogy to other pre-/f/ words (e.g. off, soft).> I use open-o in "sophomore".
 
I too use open-o and have the distinction.
 
Scot
 
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> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:15:26 -0500> From: jparish at SIUE.EDU> Subject: Re: southmore> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------> Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>> Poster: Jim Parish <jparish at SIUE.EDU>> Subject: Re: southmore> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------> > Matthew Gordon asked:> > Do all of you who distinguish /a/ and 'open o' (cot vs. caught) have the> > former vowel in 'sophomore'? I'd expect some speakers to have 'open o' here> > by analogy to other pre-/f/ words (e.g. off, soft).> > I use open-o in "sophomore". I'm not sure which I use in "sophist"; after> several repetitions, neither /a/ nor open-o sounds quite right any more.> > Jim Parish> -------------------------------------------------> SIUE Web Mail> > ------------------------------------------------------------> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
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