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

[Tom Zurinskas]

As I recall, some NY city dwellers celebrate the "awe" vowel by adding a ~w glide.So "coffee ~kaufee becomes ~kwaufee.
Tom Zurinskas,  Originally SWConn 20 yrs,  college Tenn 3,  work NJ  33,  now FL 14.The need for truespel phonetics - http://justpaste.it/truespelnow 


 > Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 20:06:11 +0000> From: gcohen at MST.EDU
> Subject: Re: "gawker" rhymes with "rocker"
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> But millions of New Yorkers have no problem with this.
> GC. 
> 
> 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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