Re: some more Irish vowels

15 Dec 2006 06:37:05 -0800: "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

merry is highest
marry is lowest

Quite agree. A little higher than [E], and a little lower, that is,
[æ] (in the IPA sense, not "usage" sense).

Mary is intermediate --

So it must be roughly [E].

but has obligatory spreading

Spreading of what? Lips? So are the other two rounded?

Or spreading of position among different speakers?
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