Hockey

[James Harbeck]

>COFFEE definitely has the CAUGHT vowel. The stereotyped NY
>pronunciation, especially in COFFEE and CHOCOLATE, makes this vowel a
>triphthong, starting almost like the vowel in GOOD.

Ah, good. So Mike Meyers didn't have it wrong in his SNL skits either. Thanks.

James Harbeck.

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