The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread
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"want": [wɒ̃ʔ(t)]
"wanna": [wɒ̃ɾ̃ə(ː)~[wɒ̃ːə̯̃]
"wash": [wɒʃ]
"water": [wɒɾʁ̩ˤ(ː)~[wɒːʁˤ]
"wasp": [wɑsp]
"watch": [wɒʔtʃ]
"watt": [wɑʔ(t)]
"wand": [wɑ̃ːnt], [wɑ̃ːnd] when followed by a vowel or semivowel
"wander": [ˈwɑ̃ːndʁ̩ˤ(ː)]
"wallet": [ˈwɑːɤ̯ɘʔ(t)]
"wanna": [wɒ̃ɾ̃ə(ː)~[wɒ̃ːə̯̃]
"wash": [wɒʃ]
"water": [wɒɾʁ̩ˤ(ː)~[wɒːʁˤ]
"wasp": [wɑsp]
"watch": [wɒʔtʃ]
"watt": [wɑʔ(t)]
"wand": [wɑ̃ːnt], [wɑ̃ːnd] when followed by a vowel or semivowel
"wander": [ˈwɑ̃ːndʁ̩ˤ(ː)]
"wallet": [ˈwɑːɤ̯ɘʔ(t)]
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread
[wɒnʔ]
[ˈwɒɾ̃ɜ]
[wɒʃ]
[ˈwʊːɾɜ]
[wɒsp̚ʔ]
[wɒʔtʃ]
[wɒt]
[wɒnd]
[ˈwɒndɜ]
[ˈwɒɫ̪ɜʔ]
Nothing too surprising there I'm afraid
[ˈwɒɾ̃ɜ]
[wɒʃ]
[ˈwʊːɾɜ]
[wɒsp̚ʔ]
[wɒʔtʃ]
[wɒt]
[wɒnd]
[ˈwɒndɜ]
[ˈwɒɫ̪ɜʔ]
Nothing too surprising there I'm afraid
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[wɑnt]
[wɑɾ̃ə]
[wɑʃ]
[wɑɾɚ]
[wɑsp]
[wɑtʃ]
[wɑt]
[wɑnd]
[wɑndɚ]
[wɒˁɫᵻʔ]
[wɑɾ̃ə]
[wɑʃ]
[wɑɾɚ]
[wɑsp]
[wɑtʃ]
[wɑt]
[wɑnd]
[wɑndɚ]
[wɒˁɫᵻʔ]
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
Re: The "How Do You Pronounce X" Thread
I've always assumed, and probably heard, that "mall" in "shopping mall", has the THOUGHT vowel. However, it seems that at least some American or Canadian people use an unrounded vowel, more akin to LOT. Is this a known phenomenon, or is my recollection just bad?
JAL
JAL
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Mall does have the THOUGHT vowel. It just turns out that many NAE-speakers have an unrounded THOUGHT vowel, including both most cot-caught-merged speakers outside of Canada and eastern New England and some speakers with the NCVS such as my mother where both LOT and THOUGHT are unrounded but contrast w.r.t. frontness/backness.jal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:48 am I've always assumed, and probably heard, that "mall" in "shopping mall", has the THOUGHT vowel. However, it seems that at least some American or Canadian people use an unrounded vowel, more akin to LOT. Is this a known phenomenon, or is my recollection just bad?
JAL
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Thanks! Didn't think of an unrounded THOUGHT. For us Dutchies the distinction between THOUGHT and LOT is very difficult to hear anyway, so unrounded versions are also hard to distinguish.
JAL
JAL
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fort and thought are pronounced exactly the same for me
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Do you mean just the vowel, or the entire word?
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I wonder what the largest merger of lexical sets any major dialect has. I've got the NORTH/THOUGHT/FORCE/CURE merger. NAm low vowels puzzle me but maybe there's like a LOT/CLOTH/THOUGHT/FATHER merger or something.
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If they are a speaker of Estuary English or something adjacent, probably the entire word (since /θ/ > [f]). Also "fought", probably.
JAL
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In my mother's speech LOT is akin to Dutch /aː/ and THOUGHT is akin to Dutch /ɑ/ except that LOT isn't quite as far front (when I've heard Dutch /aː/ it has even sounded like English /æ/ to my ears) and there is no length distinction (as in most of NAE length is allophonic).
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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I can easily see Estuary-speakers merging fort and thought completely myself.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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You could consider many NAE varieties as having LOT/CLOTH/THOUGHT/FATHER/PALM mergers, if one considers FATHER and PALM as distinct sets in some dialects (because for me FATHER has [a] and PALM has [ɑ] except adjacent to /r w h kw gw/ where they merge as [ɑ]).
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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there is, it's basically everywhere west of the prairies
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I just realized that I don't have raising of /æ/ to /eɪ/ before /ŋ/ in Vancouver, as I pronounce it with [ɛ̃] rather than the expected [ẽ̞].
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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It's hard to analyse it because thinking about it changes it, but I'm pretty sure, for me, in casual speech:
- fought = fort
- thought = fault
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So what's the difference in vowel then between the pairs?ratammer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:23 amAnd neither pair matches the other. I have no idea why this would be the case, because fought and thought definitely look like they should rhyme, and f and th mostly merge for me when I'm not enunciating. But if I say sentences that contain "thought" and intentionally pronounce it as either "fort" or "fault", it's the "fault" pronunciation that sounds more natural.
JAL
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Are you not horse-hoarse merged?ratammer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:23 am It's hard to analyse it because thinking about it changes it, but I'm pretty sure, for me, in casual speech:
And neither pair matches the other. I have no idea why this would be the case, because fought and thought definitely look like they should rhyme, and f and th mostly merge for me when I'm not enunciating. But if I say sentences that contain "thought" and intentionally pronounce it as either "fort" or "fault", it's the "fault" pronunciation that sounds more natural.
- fought = fort
- thought = fault
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Horse and hoarse are homophones for me.
I'm not good at IPA so here's a clip: "fort" then "fault". Bear in mind this is me intentionally trying to emulate casual speech - if I was enunciating, "thought" would have a th sound and would definitely rhyme with "fought" (which would still be identical to "fort"), and "fault" would have a distinct L sound. I can't explain the difference, I just know what sounds right to me.