Re: Long vs. short vowels in English

From: Alan Smaill (smaill_at_inf.ed.ac.uk)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: 21 Jul 2004 02:51:58 +0100

"John Atkinson" <johnacko@bigpond.com> writes:

> "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> wrote...
>
> > John Atkinson writes:
> >
> > > That's my whole point! For many speakers (especially, I believe,
> speakers
> > > of Standard American, who do not have the length distinctions of English
> > > English), the most conspicuous difference between 'bode' and 'bawd' is
> that
> > > 'bode' ([boud]) contains a diphthong, but 'bawd' ([bOd]) does not.
> >
> > I don't hear a diphthong in bode. All I hear is [bod] when I say it.
>
> None of my references mention this as a possible realisation of this vowel
> in any variety of North American English. Are you sure you're not Scots?

he gangs yon wey, richt eneugh ....

> John.
>
>
AS

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