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ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ vowel phoneme /ɔː/

From Teflpedia

The ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ vowel phoneme /ɔ:/ is an English vowel phoneme consisting of the vowel sound used by English speakers in its keyword thought.[1]

In phonemic notation, Gimson’s symbol for this is /ɔː/.

Words in the ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ lexical set are pronounced with this phoneme. Additionally, in accents with the ᴄᴏᴛ–ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ merger, words in the ʟᴏᴛ lexical set are pronounced with this vowel.

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