Sunday, April 4, 2010

ford, born, mouth, stan(m)ford, stubborn, dartmouth

ford, stanford, stamford

foɚd stænfɚd > stæmfɚd cf: oɚ vs ɚ

born, stubborn

boɚn, stʌbɚn


mouth, dartmouth

maʊθ, dɑrtməθ

ford, born, mouth appear stanford, stubborn, dartmouth;however, their pronunciations are different because of stress placement.

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