User talk:Mr KEBAB/Archive 10

You might find these interesting

They are about English accents:

1. First
2. Second

— ^{they call me} AWESOMEmeeos ... [ˈɔɪ̯]! 11:56, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

@Awesomemeeos: Thanks. I'm familiar with the New York accent, but the second video looks interesting. I'll watch it later. Mr KEBAB (talk) 12:23, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Re: NZ English phonology

Whoops, it didn't notice that was your edit, I thought I had made a typo the last time I edited it and was trying to correct it. My bad. That being said, it does seem like your original edit isn't showing /ɔ/ but instead /ɐ/. Users are being directed to a different page than they were expecting.
      Xerces1492 (talk) 07:50, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Xerces1492: You mean ɔ instead of ɒ. NZ /ɒ/ isn't as open as [ɒ], it's generally closer [ɔ], often also with centralization to [ɞ]. Again, this is a crucial difference between phonemes and allophones. In phonemic transcription, symbols aren't necessarily the same as the most appropriate phonetic symbols. Bauer et al. made a bad call with choosing /ɒ/ instead of /ɔ/. Mr KEBAB (talk) 08:06, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Mr KEBAB: I'll defer to you, but I'll add that you probably want to stick to peer-reviewed research rather than personal anecdote/research, unless you do actually have a citation for that claim

Xerces1492 (talk) 16:09, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

I think you're confusing transcription and actual F1-F2 articulation. All peer-reviewed research shows on the F1-F2 space for LOT as open-mid, not open. Even modern RP uses open-mid. Mr KEBAB was changing the link (ie the articulation), not the transcription. We are still using the open transcription.--Officer781 (talk) 20:25, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Officer781 and Xerces1492: I think that we're being a bit unfair to him though. He specifically asked for citations, so here are two:

- Bauer et al. (2007), who put /ɒ/ in the centralized open-mid area on their vowel chart.

- Mannell, Cox & Harrington (2009a), who put /ɒ/ in the open-mid area on their vowel chart.

For the full citations, visit New Zealand English phonology#Bibliography. I think that the [ɒ] realization is possible but not very widespread, as it's a less natural vowel than [ɔ]. Mr KEBAB (talk) 16:55, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Cockney

Finally managed to add the source on the article. See if you can check Wells and the Wikipedia article itself to see what's missing there. — ^{they call me} AWESOMEmeeos ... [ˈɔɪ̯]! 00:47, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

PS, I don't mean to offend or embarrass you, but what is the significance of KEBAB in your username? Is it your favourite food/word? — ^{they call me} AWESOMEmeeos ... [ˈɔɪ̯]! 00:51, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

@Awesomemeeos: Will do.

It's my high school nickname. People were seeing me eating kebabs after school. Plus, there's also my heritage and skin color, which isn't exactly white. I did experience some racism, but I didn't care. It was more of a playful thing than harassment, and that you can just ignore.

Believe me, if I had a better idea for a nickname I'd change it. Mr KEBAB (talk) 10:05, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Hey, I seen you make some edits already, but not yet for cockney [sic]! Is there a certain time you're going to make the contributions as expected! Thanks! — ^{they call me} AWESOMEmeeos ... [ˈɔɪ̯]! 10:41, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

BTW, this may stimulate your senses: the word kebab is actually pronounced with an [ɑ] vowel in the US and an [æ] in the UK, and also other Commonwealth countries! Pretty much against what the trap-bath split intended! — ^{they call me} AWESOMEmeeos ... [ˈɔɪ̯]! 10:41, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

@Awesomemeeos: Oh, sorry. Your edit looks fine.

That's not surprising though - see General American#Vowels. Mr KEBAB (talk) 10:48, 17 December 2017 (UTC)