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Originally Posted By: bexter... feeble attempt at spelling my sounding out...)
That's the problem with ad hoc pronunciation guides. The references are themselves undefined. If you say you pronounce "not" to rhyme with "cot", great. Do you pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same way? And, if so, do you pronounce them the way I would pronounce "cot" or the way I would pronounce "caught"? And how do you know how I would pronounce those two words?
In an unrelated issue, those of y'all who don't pronounce the L in "almond" do you pronounce the LL in Allman Brothers?
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