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Re: o and aw (was: Eek no.- Baseline?)

--- In txeqli@y..., "uaxuctum" <uaxuctum@y...> wrote:
> If you really pronounce 'aw' as [a], then I'm sorry to
> tell you that probably you have no easy way to see how /o/
> is to be pronounced properly (unless you listen e.g. to
> Spanish, Italian or Japanese and try to imitate what you
> hear), because it certainly IS NOT the sound of English
> "oh", which is a clear diphthong [@U] or [oU].

I think I pronounce open, close, and hoe exactly as I hear 
people around me say "Hola!" in Spanish.

Kevin