hawk/hock

A. Maberry maberry at U.WASHINGTON.EDU
Thu Jul 11 17:28:04 UTC 2002


On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Anne Gilbert wrote:
>
> INteresting.  I've *always* pronounced "hock" and "hawk"(the bird, at least)
> differently.  Maybe other parts of the country are different from the
> Pacific Northwest in this respect?
> Anne G

Maybe so. For me, "hawk" (the bird) and "hawk" (one's wares) are
homophones.
"Hock" as in "hock shop" and "ham hock" are also homophonous, but not with
"hawk".

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu



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