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Line 732: The symbol {{angbr IPA\|ɒ}} is (AFAIK) hardly ever used in NAE dialectology (apart from Canadian English, where {{sc2\|LOT}} merges with both {{sc2\|THOUGHT}} and {{sc2\|PALM}}), where {{angbr IPA\|ɔ}} is used instead. In GA, it's used for what can be an open vowel. Wells also uses it for Welsh English {{IPA\|[ɒː]}} (with the length mark: {{angbr IPA\|ɔː}}), which is the same as the Bostonian vowel. When we transcribe {{sc2\|LOT}}/{{sc2\|THOUGHT}} with {{angbr IPA\|ɒ}}, there's still ambiguity as to what the {{sc2\|THOUGHT}} vowel is. Is it ~~distinct~~ at all distinct from {{sc2\|LOT}} and/or {{sc2\|PALM}}? Perhaps it is the {{IPA\|/oə/}} of {{sc2\|FORCE}}? Is {{sc2\|LOT}} a checked vowel, as in RP and AuE, distinct from both {{sc2\|PALM}} and {{sc2\|THOUGHT}}? Such questions can all arise in the mind of someone who reads this article, especially if they're completely unfamiliar with the accent. Also, we should consider transcribing {{sc2\|FACE}} and {{sc2\|GOAT}} with {{angbr IPA\|e o}} - see [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Linguistics#Phonemic representation of FACE, GOAT and NORTH-FORCE in North American English]]. [[User:Kbb2\|Kbb2]] <small>(ex. Mr KEBAB)</small> ([[User talk:Kbb2#top\|talk]]) 09:00, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

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