Tarquin wrote:
Timwi (or Geoffrey Thomas?) wrote:
Geoffrey Thomas / JEF-ree TAH-muhs
Yes but for a UK speaker, the above would be wrong. TAH and TOH is not the same. (we have an article on it with sound samples but I can't find it)
This is /exactly/ the sort of thing that morphophones are for.
Phonemically, the short "O" may be /A/, /A<rnd>/, /O/, maybe more. Morphophonically, it's always a short "O".
A good morphophonic system will also distinguish "log" and "dog".
-- Toby