259 NORTH /ɔː/ “caught” vs LOT /ɒ/ “cot” Phrases (with near minimal pairs not necessarily in the order /ɔː/ - /ɒ/) 1 it’s not naught
5 scorching Scotch eggs
2 whatwart?
6 the warbler wobbled
3 the potter’s porter 4 the lords went to Lodz1 7 warned about thewand 8 wad of cash in theward
Sentences (with near minimal pairs not necessarily in the order /ɔː/ - /ɒ/)
1 Rod roared that he scorned scones2. 2 In the magazine I spotted a sports course in Kos. 3 Don – one of the cops – found the corpse at dawn. 4 She shot a short film about livestock being stalked. 5 The orphanage often3 asked the courts for spare cots. 6 Connie, who was born in Bonn, had a corny sense of humour.
Notes:
1 This can be pronounced in a few different ways in English. In the audio recording it is /lɒdz/. However, you may also hear /luːʤ/, /wuːʧ/, and /wʊʤ/. The Polish pronunciation of Łódź is [wutɕ] 2 This can be pronounced /skɒn/ or /skəʊn/. In the audio recording it is /skɒn/. 3 It is optional to pronounce the /t/.
Now practise with the LOT-NORTH-GOAT reading passage