Vowels / ɑː / vs.

/ ɔː /
/ ɑː / vs. / ɔː / Dialogue 33

A: It's Carl calling.

B: At half past four in the morning?

A: He says it’s important – it’s about the car.

B: You mean Carl’s own car, of course.

A: no, your car, darling.

Mortimer, Colin. Sound Right!: Selected Sounds in Conversation. Longman, 1985.

/ ɑː / vs. / ɔː / Dialogue 33

/ eɪ / ɪts kɑːl kɔːlɪŋ /

/ biː / ət hɑːf pɑːst fɔ:r ɪn ðə mɔːnɪŋ /

/ eɪ / hɪ sez ɪts ɪmpɔːtənt / ɪts əbɑʊt ðə kɑː /

/ biː / jʊ miːn kɑːlz əʊn kɑː / əv kɔːs /

/ eɪ / nəʊ / jɔː kɑː / dɑːlɪŋ /

/ ɑː / vs. / ɔː / Dialogue 34
A: Paul!
B: My ball's gone in Mr Gordon's garden, Father.
A: Get off the wall, Paul. Ask at the door.
B: They aren’t in. And Mr Gordon said that if he saw my ball in the garden once more,
he’d…
A: You’ll fall, Paul!
B: I shan’t fall! This wall isn’t hard to… Ouch!
B: Are you all right?
A: Oh, my arm hurts a bit. But I’m all right.
B: The Gordons aren’t in, you say?
A: no, they aren’t.
B: All right!
A: Father! Father, you’ll fall!
Mortimer, Colin. Sound Right!: Selected Sounds in Conversation. Longman, 1985
/ ɑː / vs. / ɔː / Dialogue 34
/ eɪ / pɔːl /
/ biː / maɪ bɔːlz ɡɒn ɪn mɪstə ɡɔːdənz ɡɑːdn / fɑːðə /
/ eɪ / get ɒf ðə wɔːl / pɔːl / ɑːsk ət ðə dɔː /
/ biː / ðeɪ ɑːnt ɪn / ən mɪstə ɡɔːdn sed ðət ɪf hɪ sɔ: maɪ bɔ:l ɪn ðə gɑ:dn wʌns mɔː
/ hiːd /
/ eɪ / juːl fɔːl / pɔːl /
/ biː / aɪ ʃɑːnt fɔːl / ðɪs wɔ:l ɪznt hɑ:d tu: / ɑʊtʃ /
/ biː / ɑː jʊ ɔ:l raɪt /
/ eɪ / əʊ / maɪ ɑ:m hɜːts ə bɪt / bət aɪm ɔ:l raɪt /
/ biː / ðə ɡɔːdnz ɑːnt ɪn / jʊ seɪ /
/ eɪ / nəʊ / ðeɪ ɑːnt /
/ biː / ɔ:l raɪt /
/ eɪ / fɑːðə / fɑːðə / juːl fɔːl /