Thank you very much! I definitely plan on buying the game! I was just wondering why you had a dashed line between "olive/sock" & "auburn dog" (is this linked to accent variation?). Another question: how about words like fire/power/lawyer? (Do you plan on adapting it to Standard Southern British English/Scottish/Irish/Australian NZ? a widespread version of African American Vernacular English?) Thank you very much for this beautiful and instructive game!
Hi, Maelle! Thanks for your comments and questions. Your question (and your answer!) about the dotted line between OLIVE/AUBURN is very insightful. YES, it's there to convey what's known as the "back vowel merger," a common example of accent variation among English speakers. By keeping the line dotted, we provide teachers and learners with flexibility around how words like "caught" or "talk" are pronounced (since they are AUBURN for some speakers of English and OLIVE for others). We have developed a Commonwealth Color Vowel Chart which you can view in our RedBubble Gallery, linked to through our shop at colorvowel.com/shop Learn more about all of this at my upcoming informational webinar (which is free!). You can register for that webinar at colorvowel.com/getstarted -- I hope to see you there!
Amazing resource. Tx.
Thank you, Luigi! I hope you'll join me at an upcoming informational webinar! Visit colorvowel.com/getstarted to register.
Nice video; thank you for the guidance.
Thank you very much! I definitely plan on buying the game! I was just wondering why you had a dashed line between "olive/sock" & "auburn dog" (is this linked to accent variation?). Another question: how about words like fire/power/lawyer? (Do you plan on adapting it to Standard Southern British English/Scottish/Irish/Australian NZ? a widespread version of African American Vernacular English?) Thank you very much for this beautiful and instructive game!
Hi, Maelle! Thanks for your comments and questions. Your question (and your answer!) about the dotted line between OLIVE/AUBURN is very insightful. YES, it's there to convey what's known as the "back vowel merger," a common example of accent variation among English speakers. By keeping the line dotted, we provide teachers and learners with flexibility around how words like "caught" or "talk" are pronounced (since they are AUBURN for some speakers of English and OLIVE for others). We have developed a Commonwealth Color Vowel Chart which you can view in our RedBubble Gallery, linked to through our shop at colorvowel.com/shop
Learn more about all of this at my upcoming informational webinar (which is free!). You can register for that webinar at colorvowel.com/getstarted -- I hope to see you there!