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: • a quick review of what a Lexical Set is • 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’t + many unpredictable, e.g. trans- SEE “ASK LIST”  (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;   (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   (c) calf, half, calve, halve, rather, Slav, shan't, can't, Iraq, corral, morale, Iran, Sudan, banana.   chaff, graph, alas, hasp, Basque, masque, plastic, drastic, elastic, gymnastic, (Cornish) pasty, en- thusiastic, bastard, paschal, pastoral, masculine, mas- querade, exasperate, blasphemy, masturbate, Glasgow, 
lather, stance, askance, circumstantial, intransigent, substantial, transit, transport, transfer, transform, transitory, transient, transept, and other words in trans-; contralto, alto, plaque, Cleopatra. • Recommendations on what to do if you don't know • How to identify bath words in a modern, up-to-date pronouncing dictionary, or the online version of the OED. • howjsay online pronunciation resource • The Ask List: included in Skinner's Speak with Distinction • discussion on the merits (or lack thereof) of teaching and using the Ask List