the dissappearing "awe" sound

[James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com>]

Rather off-topic, but...

To my untrained amateur ear, one of the things that stands out most about a Scottish brogue (or a Glaswegian accent; I have a Glaswegian co-worker) is the pnonunciation of the word "Scot".

The vowel in "Scot" is not the "short-o" of "cot", but my ear keeps telling me it is not the /awe/ of "caught".  What is this vowel?  Or am I hearing a side-effect of the Scottish pronunciation of the surrounding consonants?

    James A. Landau
    Test Engineer
    Northrop-Grumman Information Technology
    8025 Black Horse Pike, Suite 300
    West Atlantic City  NJ  08232  USA

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