Back Vowel Phonemes

[A. Maberry]

Probably an idiolect but:

Shawn-Dawn-lawn
rhyme; but not with:
on-Hahn-Khan

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Nancy Elliott wrote:

> Both!!! (including 'Sean')
>
> Nancy Elliott (go Jayhahks)
>
> > From: "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET>
> > Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:11:16 -0400
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Back Vowel Phonemes
> >
> >
> > Which one rhymes?
> >
> > I got it on
> > With Sean and Dawn
> > Out on the lawn.
> >
> > I've carried on
> > With Hillary Hahn
> > And Genghis Khan.
> >
> > Or maybe both do? Or neither?
> >
> > (^_^)
> >
> > -- Doug
> >
> >
>