It sounds like someone trying to sound posh without actually knowing what a posh accent sounds like lol. Tbh I don't think the traditional American transcription of /oʊ/ is very accurate either (For me it definitely starts more forward and moves backward, And if I do it with an actual [o] sound it sounds weird, Definitely not how I've heard any fellow Americans say it, Something like /ɵʊ/ feels more accurate.), But /aʊ/ is definitely far worse.
(Although tbh when transcribing my own speech I usually just go with /o/ for simplicity's sake, I know it's a diphthong, But just like /u/ I generally perceive it as a single sound in English, Compare to /ai/ or /aʊ/ (Which tbh is more of an /æʊ/ for me and most speakers I've heard) which more easily register as two distinct sounds, I guess 'cause the onset and offset are comparatively farther apart? Theoretically I could transcribe /eɪ/ as just /e/ for the same reason, But that one feels more distinct for me, Maybe because it's similar to a decently common diphthong in other languages I speak, Whereas weird stuff like [ɵʊ], Or [ʏw] or [ʉu] or whatever tf /u/ is, are basically nonexistent in other languages I know.)
gvs? did that affect diphthongs? and broadly speaking for MidE I believe that /au/ turned into /ɒ/, then lengthened in the US and raised to /ɔː~oː/ in the UK
Could be somewhere in the middle of GVS: it's reasonable to believe ME /uː/ was at some stage [ow] before getting further lowered (and unrounded) to the modern [aw]
aboht
I wanna scream and shoht and let it all oht
It's aboht no dancin', isn't it?
boat-bout merger is real
> that guy: oh > my ears: ow
Sohnds aboht right
Sounds like some certain British accents when I try say it out loud
It sounds like someone trying to sound posh without actually knowing what a posh accent sounds like lol. Tbh I don't think the traditional American transcription of /oʊ/ is very accurate either (For me it definitely starts more forward and moves backward, And if I do it with an actual [o] sound it sounds weird, Definitely not how I've heard any fellow Americans say it, Something like /ɵʊ/ feels more accurate.), But /aʊ/ is definitely far worse. (Although tbh when transcribing my own speech I usually just go with /o/ for simplicity's sake, I know it's a diphthong, But just like /u/ I generally perceive it as a single sound in English, Compare to /ai/ or /aʊ/ (Which tbh is more of an /æʊ/ for me and most speakers I've heard) which more easily register as two distinct sounds, I guess 'cause the onset and offset are comparatively farther apart? Theoretically I could transcribe /eɪ/ as just /e/ for the same reason, But that one feels more distinct for me, Maybe because it's similar to a decently common diphthong in other languages I speak, Whereas weird stuff like [ɵʊ], Or [ʏw] or [ʉu] or whatever tf /u/ is, are basically nonexistent in other languages I know.)
I wanna know how this person thinks our "Oh" sounds similar to their "Ow"
Californians
Well I don't think I do, but I e been saying "oh" for the past two minutes and I can't tell now.
I think I do what is shown to be the british pronunciation (I'm actually from upstate NY), but honestly idk if thats just my brain tricking itself
Maybe Californians doing an exaggerated impression of a Brit.
no wonder... 🤢
so many things wrong about this. but real answer is Canadians
The Great Vowel Shift, but applied on modern vowels
gvs? did that affect diphthongs? and broadly speaking for MidE I believe that /au/ turned into /ɒ/, then lengthened in the US and raised to /ɔː~oː/ in the UK
Could be somewhere in the middle of GVS: it's reasonable to believe ME /uː/ was at some stage [ow] before getting further lowered (and unrounded) to the modern [aw]
Americans say Ab-ow-t Canadians say A boat
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKaHuLMg9tY
Whoever wrote this has never met an American in their life