SOURCE
CHANGE
/ô/
Spelling: o, a, au, av, aw, augh, avgh, ough, ovgh
oft
hot
Low, back, lax rounded vowel. Vowel of British English hot.
SOUND
CHANGE
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/ô/ Spelling: o, a, au, av, aw, augh, avgh, ough, ovgh oft Low, back, lax rounded vowel. Vowel of British English hot. SOUND |
CHANGE
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| ME
/ô/ |
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PDE
/ô/ |
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| ME
/a/ |
Influence
of following /l/ |
[Dialectical variation] | PDE
/a/ |
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| ME
/au/ |
Smoothing
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