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#31 (permalink) Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:57 am Queen's English

Englishuser wrote:

Hi Ralf,

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/kɔːf/ is not a standard American pronunciation. It's /k۸f/.

I don't think many speakers of General American have the STRUT vowel in a word like 'cough'. I think the vowel is slightly elongated, more so than in STRUT, so you should have used a length marker. I also think the quality of the vowel is different from what your transcription suggests. Perhaps a speaker of American English could throw more light on this.

EU

Hi EU,

I hate to admit it, but your American "cough" observations are correct.

The first clip proves the lengthy "o" sound, the second the diphthong:

kawf

kwaf

Cheers,

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