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We're back at it, back in the bath lexical set, exploring the realm of trap, bath and palm. Hosts Phil Thompson and Eric Armstrong continue on from Episode 15 with more on these lexical sets.

Show Notes:

\t\u2022\t a quick review of what a Lexical Set is
\t\u2022\t how to recognize words in the bath lexical set

From J.C.Wells' Accents of English:

7. BATH
Typical Spellings: (a)aff, ath (voiceless), ass, aft, asp, ast, ask, augh; (b) ance, ant, anch, CVCand, ample; (c) alf, alv, an\u2019t + many unpredictable, e.g. trans- SEE \u201cASK LIST\u201d
\xa0(a) staff, giraffe,
path, lath,
brass, class, glass, grass, pass,
raft, craft, graft, daft, shaft, aft, haft, draft,
clasp, grasp, rasp, gasp,
blast, cast, fast, mast, aghast, last, past, contrast, vast, avast,
ask, bask, mask, flask, cask, task,
after, rafter, Shaftesbury,
master, plaster, disaster, castor, pastor, nasty, disastrous,
basket, casket, rascal,
fasten, raspberry, ghastly, castle,
laugh, laughter, draught;
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(b) dance, advance, chance, France, lance, glance, enhance,
prance, trance, entrance v.,
grant, slant, aunt, chant, plant, advantage, vantage,
chantry, supplant, enchant,
branch, blanch, ranch, stanch, stanchion,
demand, command, remand, slander, chandler,
commando, Alexander, Sandra, Flanders,
example, sample,
chancel, chancellor, Frances, Francis, lancet, answer
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(c) calf, half, calve, halve, rather, Slav,
shan't, can't,
Iraq, corral, morale, Iran, Sudan, banana.
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chaff, graph, alas, hasp, Basque, masque,
plastic, drastic, elastic, gymnastic, (Cornish) pasty, en-
thusiastic, bastard, paschal, pastoral, masculine, mas-
querade, exasperate, blasphemy, masturbate, Glasgow, \u2028lather, stance, askance, circumstantial, intransigent, substantial, transit, transport, transfer, transform, transitory, transient, transept, and other words in trans-;
contralto, alto, plaque, Cleopatra.

\t\u2022\tRecommendations on what to do if you don't know
\t\u2022\tHow to identify bath words in a modern, up-to-date pronouncing dictionary, or the online version of the OED.
\t\u2022\thowjsay online pronunciation resource
\t\u2022\tThe Ask List: included in Skinner's Speak with Distinction
\t\u2022\tdiscussion on the merits (or lack thereof) of teaching and using the Ask List