Bush

[Paul Johnston]

The variability sounds like much of West Texas to me.

Paul Johnston


On Sep 21, 2007, at 2:39 PM, David Donnell wrote:

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> Don't know what details CNBC described, but I've frequently heard
> Bush use  contrasting pronunciations of the word "war". He switches
> between pronouncing it as "wore", and pronouncing it to rhyme with
> "far".
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> I consider the former the more std, more ubiqitous pronunciation; I
> associate the latter with parts of the midwest & Texas.
> (Corrections/more info welcome.)
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> But I'm also curious about what CNBC described.
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> DD
> Missourian in NYC
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>> Poster:       Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
>> Subject:      Bush
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>> I didn't watch or listen to the president's press conference
>> yesterday (I'm not a masochist!). But late last night I heard a
>> commentator on CNBC talking about it. He noted that, at one
>> particularly tense moment, Bush lost his infamous emulation of
>> TexSpeak and reverted to his native New England dialect. I wonder
>> what details the commentator was observing, phonologically speaking?
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>> --Charlie
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