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1 English and American vowels

2 TRAP and BATH words These words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RP gas grass fancy dance maths bath half after

3 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words TRAP words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RP gas grass fancy dance maths bath half after RP

4 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words TRAP words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RP gas grass fancy dance maths bath half after GA

5 To summarize:

6 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words The LOT vowel

7 possible passable Write down what you hear AE BE passive possible passable _____

8 possible passable AE BE passive possible passable _____

9 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words The LOT vowel hot dog cop forest RP LOT

10 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words The LOT vowel IN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALM hot dog cop forest RP GA LOT PALM

11 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words The LOT vowel IN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALM; in some accents, some of them have the LOT or THOUGHT vowel hot dog cop forest GA

12 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words The LOT vowel IN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALM; in some accents, some of them have the LOT or THOUGHT vowel hot dog cop forest Some American accents: LOT THOUGHT

13 From the webpage:webpage

14 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words The LOT vowel Centring diphthongs No centring diphthongs in GA

15 NON- RHOTIC RHOTIC NEAR i0ir SQUARE e0er CURE u0ur

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17 English and American vowels TRAP and BATH words The LOT vowel Centring diphthongs Vowel length in GA not significant Option of omitting length sign ( )

18 English and American vowels Vowel length in GA not significant Option of omitting length sign (Note: a mistake often made in past exams is to conclude from this that GA vowels are generally SHORTER than RP vowels. Not so. We leave off the length mark because length is not significant, not because the vowel is short. In fact GA TENSE vowels are long, like unclipped RP tense vowels; but LAX vowels in GA can be lengthened, unlike RP lax vowels


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