/or/ distinctions

[Aaron E. Drews]

Is the morning~mourning, horse~hoarse, border~boarder distinction still made
in north America?  Is it relegated to a region, and if so, is it part of the
regional standard?  Also, if it is restricted to a region, is there any
generational differences, ie, do the older speakers maintain the distinction
and the younger speakers merge the two sounds?

Thank you!

--Aaron


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Aaron E. Drews                               The University of Edinburgh
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~aaron      Departments of English Language and
aaron at ling.ed.ac.uk                    Theoretical & Applied Linguistics

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