Amy's rhymes

[pne]

Amy often has a w-like pronunciation for her English /r/, and sometimes vocalises her "dark L"; together, this means that her pronunciations of "arrow" and "owl" are very similar (something like "awwoh").

I thought this was just a pronunciation difference, but perhaps it's also a perception thing; when I asked her today what rhymes with "wall", she said "tall... and door!" After a bit of thinking, she added "floor".

So I'm wondering whether "pore" and "Paul" sound the same to her (like "paw").

Comments

[ailbhe]

That L thing is a feature of lots of English accents, notably the one my father-in-law has. I find it very confusing. But it only *annoys* me when they start mocking Chinese or Japanese accents by saying flied lice.