tomato
/tomatou/,
button
/bAtn/,
elevator
/elevsjta/ etc. The words
latter, kitty
are
usually not hom ophonous w ith ladder, kiddy.
The m ost striking distinctive feature exist between the GA
and RP vowel systems.
The quantity feature o f vowels (long - short) is not phone
mic (distinctive) in GA. It is a phonetic feature w hich usually de
pends on the position o f vowels. Besides, there is no symmetry
betw een all the short and long pairs o f vowels. Only /
1:- 1/, /u -
u :/ pairs are constant in GA. GA I d is m ore open than RP /e/:
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