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From: rdd@usa1.com (Aaron J. Dinkin)
Subject: Re: PIN =/= PINK !? (and Lara =/=Laura=/=Lora!)
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Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 11:10:18 -0500
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In article <4ugljp$f0t@cronkite.polaristel.net>, Odegard@ptel.net (Mark
Odegard) wrote:

> Posted to alt.usage.english & e-mailed.
> On Fri, 09 Aug 1996 11:13:50 -0500 rdd@usa1.com (Aaron J.
> Dinkin) wrote:
> 
> >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/).
> 
> I posted on this triad before (my mother's name is "Laura").
> Both she and I pronounce it /'loUr:r@/ ("lowr-uh"). "Lora"
> by eye would come out /'lor@/ (low-ruh); "Lara" is /'lar@/
> (law-ruh), even /'leIr@/ (lay-ruh).

I find this very strange. I would expect anyone to pronounce "Laura" and
"law" with the same vowel.

-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom

