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ʟᴏᴛ vowel phoneme /ɒ/
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(Redirected from So-called “short o”)
The ʟᴏᴛ vowel phoneme /ɒ/ is an English vowel phoneme consisting of the vowel sound used by English speakers in its keyword lot.[1]
The pronunciation of this in RP is as an open back rounded vowel [ɒ], whereas in General American,
Words in the ʟᴏᴛ lexical set are pronounced with this vowel.
Some accents have the ᴄᴏᴛ–ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ merger, in which this is merged with the ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ vowel phoneme /ɔ:/.
