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From: rdd@usa1.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)
Subject: Re: PIN =/= PINK !? (and Lara =/=Laura=/=Lora!)
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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 11:13:50 -0500
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In article <320BBED5.7081@trl.telstra.com.au>, Jacques Guy
<j.guy@trl.telstra.com.au> wrote:

> > Incidentally, I pronounce "Lara", "Laura", and "Lora" all differently;
> > anyone else do this?
> 
> Yes, me for one. [la:r@] (with a back "a" as in "father", [lo:r@], and
> [lour@] (where o = open o, the IPA letter that is the mirror image of "c")

So to translate this into the accepted ASCII version of the IPA (see the
FAQ for more information; see the FAQ for sci.lang for even more than
that) it would be [lA:r@], [lO:r@], and [lOur@].

Interesting. I say "Lara" /'lar@/, "Laura" /'lAr@/, and "Lora" /'lOr@/. So
I pronounce "Laura" the way you pronounce "Lara" and you pronounce "Laura"
the way I pronounce "Lora". I'm really going to have to write that logic
puzzle!

I can't even imagine /o/ (=[Ou]) before /r/, much as Bob Cunningham (IIRC)
can't imagine /&/ before /r/ (he pronounces "marry" /'meri/).

However, on the PBS show _Wishbone_, the theme song goes "What's the
story, Wishbone?", and I'm sure that I hear the singer pronouncing /Ou/ in
"story". It sounds like "What's the stow-ree, Wishbone?" To manage this
pronunciation, I'd have to make it two different words.

(_Wishbone_ is a show in which a dog acts out great works of literature.
He's played Frankenstein, Sancho Panza, Charles Darnay, Anansi the spider,
Sherlock Holmes, Odysseus, Ali Baba, and Romeo, among others. It's all
live-action, and very entertaining.)

-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom

