"war" [wor]

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/14/2008 09:40 AM, Charles Doyle wrote:
>Last night the folks at MSNBC were discussing McCain's bellicosity
>regarding the Russia-Georgia conflict, and the caption on the screen
>read "War More Years."  I was baffled for a good many seconds,
>trying to ascertain wherein consisted the wit of the expression.
>Finally I realized that "war" is supposed to rhyme with (thence
>substitute for) "four."  Was that the point?

I pronounce "war" to rhyme with "four"  (NYC).  Are there regional
variations?  (Like as in "whar'? over thar'"?)

Joel

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