How do you pronounce SMALL DOLL?

Caprone   Tue May 01, 2007 11:07 pm GMT
Hi!
How do you pronounce SMALL DOLL?

a) [smAl dAl]
b) [smQl dQl]
c) [smAl dQl]
d) [smQl] [dAl]
e) _________ (write your pronunciation)

[please tell where you're from]
many thanks
SpaceFlight   Tue May 01, 2007 11:28 pm GMT
/smAl dAl/ = [smA5 dA5]

Florida.
Travis   Tue May 01, 2007 11:36 pm GMT
I pronounce them as [smQU dAM] or [smQU dQU].
Travis   Tue May 01, 2007 11:37 pm GMT
Oh, and as to where I am from, I am from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Shatnerian   Wed May 02, 2007 12:04 am GMT
I believe mine is [smQl dQl]. I tend to round a lot of my vowel sounds. This is especially true for the "O" sounds.

I am from the Pacific Northwest.
Josh Lalonde   Wed May 02, 2007 12:20 am GMT
My pronunciation is analogous to b), but I have l-vocalisation, so phonetically, it's [smQU dQU] or [smOU dOU]. I'm from Ottawa, Canada.
Jim   Wed May 02, 2007 1:23 am GMT
e) [smo:l dOl] (i.e. THOUGHT vowel, LOT vowel).

Sydney.
Lazar   Wed May 02, 2007 3:13 am GMT
I pronounce it [smQ:5 dQ:5], and I'm from Central Massachusetts.
andre   Wed May 02, 2007 5:24 pm GMT
This one: d) [smQl] [dAl]

Philadelphia.
unnge   Sun May 06, 2007 6:55 am GMT
i pronounce it E.smol dal
Kendra   Sun May 06, 2007 8:06 am GMT
I think SMALL should rhyme with DOLL just like HOT should share the same vowel with DOG....Oh no, low back merger again and again...