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From: rharmsen@knoware.nl (Ruud Harmsen)
Subject: Re: Scottish Gaelic _ao_ (was Re: Scottisch ao)
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In article <widmayes.801807188@gusun> widmayes@gusun.acc.georgetown.edu (Sharon Widmayer ) writes:
>Subject: Re: Scottish Gaelic _ao_ (was Re: Scottisch ao)
>From: widmayes@gusun.acc.georgetown.edu (Sharon Widmayer )
>Date: 30 May 95 04:13:08 GMT

>Actually, I think that the Scottish English sound in words like "boot" is 
>closer to the IPA crossed u than the upside down m (for someone from 
>around the Glasgow area, at least) :)-sharon
You mean (if I recollect correctly) central rounded rather than back 
unrounded? It seems these sounds are clearly different in articulation, but 
hard to distinguish in sound. 
