` :::::The distinction between a central  and whatever it is you're looking for is not the same as the distinction between  and  in Dutch.  It's a distinction that no language makes AFAIK.   :::::Because the symbol  has a bit of variation in what it can indicate, I see no problem (given the chart in the article) in using it.  We could, for clarity's sake, say ``The diphthong  becomes monophthongized to , a vowel between that of pat and that of pot.`` Though I'm not sure if those are the best example words.  —   `