Halloween pronunciation

[Greg Pulliam]

I think the NCV shift moves /ae/->/E/, so that "bat" sounds more like "bet."


>Could the questions here be related to the so-called 'Northern Cities vowel
>shift'? I gather the NCVW moves the cat vowel (ae) into the territory of the
>(a) as in 'father' vowel.
>
>Laurence Horn:
>>
>>At 10:37 AM -0600 11/2/01, Donald M. Lance wrote:
>>>James Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>  I've never heard it pronounced as Holloween.  Where is
>>>>  this being heard?
>>>
>>>All over every voice medium I've heard -- local and national.
>>>
>>Right, but it should be noted that it's often a bit tricky to tell,
>>given the fact that the first syllable doesn't get primary stress.
>>It's easier to tell with All Hallows/Hollows.
>>
>>larry
>
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