English and American vowels

English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsThese words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RPgas grass fancy dance maths bath half after

English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsTRAP words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RPgas grass fancy dance maths bath half afterRP

English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsTRAP words have the same vowel in GA, but different vowels in RPgas grass fancy dance maths bath half afterGA

To summarize:

English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsThe LOT vowel

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English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsThe LOT vowelhot dog cop forest RPLOT

English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsThe LOT vowelIN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALMhot dog cop forest RPGALOTPALM

English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsThe LOT vowelIN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALM; in some accents, some of them have the LOT or THOUGHT vowelhot dog cop forest GA

English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsThe LOT vowelIN GA, LOT words are pronounced as PALM; in some accents, some of them have the LOT or THOUGHT vowelhot dog cop forest Some American accents:

From the webpage:

English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsThe LOT vowelCentring diphthongsNo centring diphthongs in GA

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English and American vowelsTRAP and BATH wordsThe LOT vowelCentring diphthongsVowel length in GA not significantOption of omitting length sign ( )

English and American vowelsVowel length in GA not significantOption 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