query about dialect marker

[Harriet Ottenheimer]

On a different matter, I am trying to pin down the most likely 
geographical provenance of the "rather/rahther" distinction in American 
English (apologies for the "spelling").

Specifically, I am trying to find out where in the U.S. a person might 
hail from if he/she regularly pronounces "rather" the same way most 
Americans pronounce "father" or "bother," with a low central [a] and not 
with a front mid [ae].

Can anyone help? The person in question exhibits no other evidence of 
having any regional accent AT ALL.

Harriet Ottenheimer



On 9/13/2012 2:01 PM, Leila Monaghan wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A colleague has an interesting language related project on Kickstarter.
>   What is the consensus of the list about people mentioning these projects
> on the list?  Is this considered spam, useful sharing of information,
> something else entirely?
>
> all best,
>
> Leila
>

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