Stressed vowesl THOUGHT

The dominant realization in THOUGHT words is , with, however, a significant sprinkling of r-colored versions recorded (Parry 1999: 25) along the south-eastern border and in south Pembrokeshire, perhaps under the influence of west of England accents. For example, the Survey of English Dialects records r-coloring in saw-dust, slaughter, straw in Shropshire and Warwickshire.