Table
| law ball taught caught |
off cloth loss |
lot stop rob cot bother |
father palm calm |
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| Middle English | aʊ | ɔ | ɔ | a | ||
| Quality change | ɒ | ɒ | ||||
| "Thought" monophthonging | ɔː | |||||
| Pre-fricative lengthening | ɒː | |||||
| A - lengthening | aː | |||||
| Quality change | ɑː | |||||
| "Lot" unrounding | ɑ | |||||
| Loss of distinctive length | ɔ | ɒ | (ɑ) | ɑ | ||
| Cloth–thought merger | (ɔ) | ɔ | ||||
| General American Output | ɔ | ɔ | ɑ | ɑ | ||
| Cot–caught merger | ɑ | ɑ | ɑ | ɑ |
Read more about this topic: Phonological History Of English Low Back Vowels
Famous quotes containing the word table:
“In New York, pretending to be above the struggle means no seat on the bus and a table next to the kitchen.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“... So damn your food and damn your wines,
Your twisted loaves and twisting vines,
Your table dhôte, your à la carte,
. . . .
From now on you can keep the lot.
Take every single thing youve got,
Your land, your wealth, your men, your dames,
Your dream of independent power,
And dear old Konrad Adenauer,
And stick them up your Eiffel Tower.”
—Anthony Jay (b. 1930)
“Language was vigorous because, because ... editors usually laid all the cards on the table so as to leave their hands ... free for more persuasive arguments! The citizenry at large retaliated as best they could.”
—State of Utah, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)