From looking at "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut", it seems that it would be  
most effective if read with a British accent. It is much more  
comprehensible when "called" and "cold" sound almost the same, and  
when the r's before consonants and at word ends are dropped. It is  
hard to understand if all the r's are pronounced.

Dr. Johanna Rubba, Ph. D.
Associate Professor, Linguistics
Linguistics Minor Advisor
English Dept.
Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Ofc. tel. : 805-756-2184
Dept. tel.: 805-756-2596
Dept. fax: 805-756-6374
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URL: cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba

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