ADS-L Digest - 12 Mar 2008 to 13 Mar 2008 (#2008-74) (Coughin/coffin)

[Paul Johnston]

It's not laziness.  Or g-dropping, because, unless you're from parts
of Longg Island or the West Midlands of England, there is no /g/.
Just a different dialect system.

Yours,
Paul Johnston
On Mar 14, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Geraldine Hizer wrote:

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>               (Coughin/coffin)
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> In a message dated 3/13/2008 11:06:23 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU writes:
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> My  question for those of you who maintain the distinction between /
> a/ and
>>  open-o: Do you all have /a/ for 'coffin'? I'm wondering whether
>> this  is
>> another example of a word that varies in its phonemic  assignment.
>>
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>
> No problem, no confusion, if you ENUNCIATE! - it's coughing!  And I
> don't
> care where you live. Dialectic? or laziness? Why not just stick to
> phonetics. IF
> you know how to spell.
>
> Gerry
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