Stressed vowels

LOT

The chief realization in LOT words is , though  is also recorded frequently, more so in the north than in the south. Some words which have the LOT vowel in RP but an <a> in their spelling, such as quarry, wash, and wasps, may have [a ~ æ] in Welsh English. Such forms are recorded in all regions. In Welsh-speaking areas they might be spelling pronunciations influenced by Welsh-language conventions (orthographic <wa> is pronounced [wa] in Welsh), but such [a ~ æ] vowels were also recorded widely by the Survey of English Dialects.