Anyone knows what the English word for this one: /tɒrp/ is? Appreciate your response.?

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  • There isn’t one in standard English.

    In UK English, “ɒ” is the vowel sound in “hot”.

    There is an obscure word “torp” (a kind of Scandinavian house http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torp ) but the IPA spelling would be /tɔːp/ (or /tɔːrp/ for rhotic speakers). Nor is it “tarp” (abbreviation for tarpaulin): that’d be /tɑːp/ (or /tɑːrp/ for rhotic speakers).

    It might conceivably be a dialect pronunciation of “top” (Boston, maybe?).

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