accents /

[potioncat]

> Carol responds:
> 
> so I suppose that "sing" and "ring" would be "saang" and "raang,"
> resptectively  though I'm not quite sure what sound you're
> representing by "aa." But what about "rang" and "sang"?
> 
> Any difference in sound between the last words in "I gave her a
> 'raang'" and "The phone rang"? Or is the whole "ring, rang, rung" 
(and
> "sing, sang, sung") distinction lost?

Potioncat:
I'm not sure if the rural northern Florida accent and the rural SC 
accent are exactly the same.

I can clearly hear 'rang' for the piece of jewelry worn on the 
fanger. Seems to me that 'thang' would rhyme with 'rang'. But that 
could be the difference between the two regions.

What I caint git to, is how "He rang the bell" would sound. I thank 
it would be "He rung the bell." So that rang, as we use it, wouldn't 
exist.

I can still remember a visit back home, and hearing one lady ask 
another if they were going to ride the elevator, or take the stay-
ups. How can anyone teach phonics in a land where the word 'steps' is 
two syllables?



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