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<<What about "paws" and "pause"? I have a distinction with [pO:z] and [pO@z]. "pause" is homophonous with "Paul's".>>
Are you from London? That looks a lot like the split that occurred there. Where RP has /O:/ word finally, London English has /O@/. The diphthong remains when suffixes are added, so you get minimal pairs like paws-pause, bored-board, etc.
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<<Are you from London? That looks a lot like the split that occurred there. Where RP has /O:/ word finally, London English has /O@/. The diphthong remains when suffixes are added, so you get minimal pairs like paws-pause, bored-board, etc.>>
Yes, I'm from London.
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Can we just rewind a bit, I'm curious as to how the consonant is different in father and bother. The vowel, yes, I know that whole discussion backwards, but the "th".....where's the difference? Do some of you aspirate it more...or what?
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Oh duh, ignore me, you meant the f and b.........
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