[Ads-l] "gawker" rhymes with "rocker"

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

But millions of New Yorkers have no problem with this.
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Tom Zurinskas June 11, 2016 wrote: 
'...My take on the phoneme "awe" ~au is that it's hard to say.  
The tongue drops, the jaw drops, and cheeks pinch in on the sides 
of the lips the tone is low.  ...'
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