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:
“For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 22:27.
“A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thin book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“A child who is not rigorously instructed in the matter of table manners is a child whose future is being dealt with cavalierly. A person who makes an admiral’s hat out of linen napkins is not going to be in wild social demand.”
—Fran Lebowitz (20th century)