1. "cot" does not have the same vowel as "cod". "cot" has a short "o" /A/ and "cod" has an "ah" sound /A@/.
2. "father" and "palm" have the vowel in "cod".
2. "father" and "palm" have the vowel in "cod".
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New York low back vowels
1. "cot" does not have the same vowel as "cod". "cot" has a short "o" /A/ and "cod" has an "ah" sound /A@/.
2. "father" and "palm" have the vowel in "cod".
Okay, here's a question. Does "dali" rhyme with "dolly" for you? It doesn't for me. "dali" most certainly has /A@/ while "dolly" has /A/.
>> Okay, here's a question. Does "dali" rhyme with "dolly" for you? It doesn't for me. "dali" most certainly has /A@/ while "dolly" has /A/. <<
Hmm, I'm not sure what "dali" means, but seeing as I'm bother-father-cot-caught mergered, I'm gonna say it rhymes with dolly: [dQli] or [dAli].
Josh Lalonde,
So, does that mean you're cot-caught merged but father-bother unmerged?
doll, call, mall, tall, small, hall, golf, salt have /A/ in my accent
small doll /smAl dAl/ mall hall /mAl hAl/ all NewYorkers I know pronounce it like /smQl dAl / that is, very asymmetrically... |