Re: subtle vowel differences?

On Aug 5, 4:23 pm, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removet...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
analys...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
between "and", "crash", "simon" (first vowel), "Sam"?

The first vowel in "Simon" certainly doesn't sound like the vowel in any
of the other words. Is this a trick question? Or is that how you thought
"salmon" is spelled?

how about the Southern version (at least as it sounds to me)?
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    ... Simon doesn't have a first vowel, because it's a diphthong. ... Not in the dialect he's talking about -- and since when are diphthongs ...
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  • Re: subtle vowel differences?
    ... Simon doesn't have a first vowel, because it's a diphthong. ... Not in the dialect he's talking about -- and since when are diphthongs ...
    (sci.lang)