Vowels / ɒ / vs.

/ ɔː /

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/ ɒ / vs. / ɔː / Dialogue 35

A: I've bought a dog, Polly.

B: What sort of dog, Paul?

A: Oh, just an ordinary dog, Polly.

B: What’s it called?

A: Oh, it’s got just an ordinary name.

B: Is it called Spot?

A: No – it’s called… Polly.

Mortimer, Colin. Sound Right!: Selected Sounds in Conversation. Longman, 1985.
/ ɒ / vs. / ɔː / Dialogue 35

/ eɪ / aɪv bɔːt ə dɒg / pɒlɪ /

/ biː / wɒt sɔːt əv dɒg / pɔːl /

/ eɪ / əʊ / ʤʌst ən ɔːdɪnərɪ dɒg / pɒlɪ /

/ biː/ wɒts ɪt kɔːld /

/ eɪ / əʊ / ɪts gɒt ʤʌst ən ɔːdɪnərɪ neɪm /

/ biː/ ɪz ɪt kɔːld spɒt /

/ eɪ / nəʊ / ɪts kɔːld / pɒlɪ /

/ ɒ / vs. / ɔː / Dialogue 36

A: It's a sort of hog, isn't it? But it’s got four horns!

B: I caught it not far from the cottage, actually.

A: Well, you ought to tell me what it is.

B: It’s a… wart-hog.

A: A wart-hog! Oh! Mm… er… And what will you call your wart-hog?

B: I shall call it – Horace.

/ ɒ / vs. / ɔː / Dialogue 36

/eɪ / ɪts ə sɔːt əv hɒg / ɪznt ɪt / bət ɪts gɒt fɔː hɔːnz /

/ biː/ aɪ kɔːt ɪt nɒt fɑː frəm ðə kɒtɪʤ / ækʧʊəlɪ /

/ eɪ / wel / jʊ ɔːt tə tel mɪ wɒt ɪt ɪz /

/ biː/ ɪts eɪ / wɔːt hɒg /

/ eɪ / ə wɔːt hɒg / əʊ / m / ɜː / ən wɒt wɪl jʊ kɔːl jɔː wɔːt hɒg /

/ biː / aɪ ʃəl kɔːl ɪt / hɒrɪs /