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fluffyhamster, many thanks for the reply. You are absolutely correct that the rules for an allophone aren't very helpful, and the only reason I am marking something as partially correct based on an allophone is because it was "suggested" to me by someone higher up on the food chain than myself. If I...

Thanks for the post, fluffy. You raise a good point, but intelligibility isn't taken into account. Basically, I would like to know if the link above that points out the six rules is what vowel allophones are.

OK, hoping someone can shed some light on the predicament I am in. I am basically "scoring" vowel pronunciation and have been told that in addition to "right" and "wrong" I need to score as "partially" correct. A partially correct answer should be a vowel allophone. Now, I can only assume that a vow...