Re: Transcribing rhotics for ESL

From: Torsten Poulin (t_usenet_drop_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: 13 Jul 2004 09:37:30 GMT

Mxsmanic wrote:

> How does this differ from the inverted 'r' sound? When I
> say <were> and <north>, I seem to be pronouncing the 'r' in
> exactly the same way, so what's the distinction?

Are you sure you don't have something like [@`:] (or [3`:]),
where ` is the rhoticity hook, in <were>? 

-- 
Torsten