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Someone recently asked me about the AW as
in LAW vowel when it's followed by an R
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versus not followed by an R. So let's take
two words, shawl and shore. So in shawl,
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which is what I'm wearing, something
you can drape around your shoulders,
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there is no R after AW. But in shore, there
is. And this R does change the vowel. In shawl,
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the lips round a little bit and the jaw drops
some and the tongue, shawl, lifts a little bit.
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But in shore, you can see the lips round quite a
bit more. So the jaw doesn't drop as much, maybe,
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shore, also the tongue shifts up and back a little
bit more. So the difference is ⬆. Shawl. Shore.
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