antedating "hobo" 1885

[Randy Alexander]

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Interesting that the writer feels it necessary to describe the
> pronunciation of the vowels. I would have taken that for granted.
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While yes, most of the words in English that follow that pattern have two
"long" o's, some do not, like color, honor, and for most speakers, mono.

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Randy Alexander
Jilin City, China
My Manchu studies blog:
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