OT: pronunciation

[karob_7 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 9039


> Sorry -- your description wasn't very useful in allowing me to 
> understand what sound you make. You say the 'r' is voiced, does 
> that mean you pronounce it 'foreks'? To me, the letters 'or' 
> and 'aw' denote the same sound.
> 
> Simon.

Here is a link to a directory of American English sounds - with sound 
clips.  

http://classweb.gmu.edu/swidmaye/sounds/directory.html

To hear an approximate of the way an American might pronounce 'aw' 
scroll down to the vowel sounds and click on the word 'ought' - (from 
there you can listen to the words 'caught' & 'ought' & and one other 
word - I forget now what it is) although, there are slight (and 
sometimes not so slight) regional differences in the pronunciation 
of 'aw'.  Anyway, it's the closest thing I could find to explain 
without scouring the internet for hours.  ;)

As for forks... I guess it might sort of sound like 'foreks' to you 
if you heard it... You could scroll to the consonant pronunciations, 
click on 'rid' and from there click on 'body-bard' to hear the way we 
Americans tend to pronounce r's not followed by vowels.

Karin