horse

[Herb Stahlke]

For me, "horse" and "hoarse" both have mid back rounded (backwards c)
and "hoss" has low back rounded (turned script a).

Herb

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 10/24/2012 12:24 AM, Dan Goodman wrote:
>>"Aaron" and "Erin" have different vowels.    So do "horse" and "hoarse."
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> So for you "horse" and "hoss" (Cartwright) have the same vowel?  Or
> is there some other difference between the last pair?
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> Joel
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