Watch http://youtu.be/-Uj96kKzmVY?t=4m38s . She says "awesome" twice. What's the first vowel in each one? Is it [A] and then [O]? Or is it something else?
Also, does 'awe(some)' normally have [O] in General American? (My dialect merges /A/ and /O/, so I find it very hard to tell the difference between the two.)
Vowel in 'awesome'
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Re: Vowel in 'awesome'
I would say so. I speak Inland North and I think I have either [ɔ] or [ɒ] for that vowel (either way, it isn't /ɑ/).Terra wrote:Also, does 'awe(some)' normally have [O] in General American? (My dialect merges /A/ and /O/, so I find it very hard to tell the difference between the two.)
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Re: Vowel in 'awesome'
The way I hear it, she says she practiced saying [A]some, and she used to say [O]some.Terra wrote:Watch http://youtu.be/-Uj96kKzmVY?t=4m38s . She says "awesome" twice. What's the first vowel in each one? Is it [A] and then [O]? Or is it something else?
Also, does 'awe(some)' normally have [O] in General American? (My dialect merges /A/ and /O/, so I find it very hard to tell the difference between the two.)
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Re: Vowel in 'awesome'
I hear [ɑ] then [o] or some such diphthong, but definitely not [ɔ]
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Re: Vowel in 'awesome'
The first time is with [ɑ]. The second is the typical Southern realization of /ɔ/, which I would call [ɑɔ̯].
"It's [ɑɔ̯səm]."
"It's [ɑɔ̯səm]."
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Re: Vowel in 'awesome'
I usually pronounce it [ɑsəm] but sometimes the [ɑ] is instead a or [ø] when I elect to pronounce words stupidly for no reason (I sometimes do this around friends).
Re: Vowel in 'awesome'
For me, it's [ˈoːsəm]
I sometimes do this in job interviews.Ultimate Ridley wrote:I usually pronounce it [ɑsəm] but sometimes the [ɑ] is instead a or [ø] when I elect to pronounce words stupidly for no reason (I sometimes do this around friends).
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