On 2011-06-11, Stephan Stiller <sstiller_at_stanford.edu> wrote:
> distinctions). Why do many British transcriptions use vowel length
> indications, while American ones rarely do? (And if the British do, they
> don't normally apply it to [æ] - why?)
Er, because [æ] is short in RP and similar.
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