>>> bgzimmer at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU 10/21/05 10:15AM >>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:11:11 -0400, David Bowie wrote: No, we say them exactly the same. Are those cot-caught mergerers making any distinction between orthographic <dog> and <dawg>? Vowel length, at least? --Ben Zimmer