Talk:Open vowel

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English "open vowel" examples

I just chopped the line Examples of words in English with open vowel sounds include "he", "high", and "hoe," and the "who" sound in "hooter" when said repeatedly in imitation of an owl entirely. The only one that potentially includes an open vowel is high, and it's still a bad example. He and who unambiguously across English dialects have high vowels, aka the exact opposite of the given definition of open vowels. Hoe at least isn't a high vowel, but in many (I'd like to say most if not all) dialects it's closer to high than it is to low (open). Open vowels are one of the most fiendishly complex areas where English dialects differ, otherwise I'd put some better examples. Drydic guy (talk) 19:04, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Open vowels are used in nearly[clarification needed] all[citation needed] spoken languages"

How many is "nearly all"? How close to "all" is it? Who says "open vowels are used in nearly all spoken languages"? How do they know? How reliable are they? Eldin raigmore (talk) 19:24, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]