Back Vowel Phonemes

Mike Salovesh t20mxs1 at CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU
Wed Sep 20 09:50:18 UTC 2000


"Douglas G. Wilson" wrote:

> Which one rhymes?
>
> I got it on
> With Sean and Dawn
> Out on the lawn.

I can almost hear (a nameless) somebody say that would make it if you
hadn't taken Sean and Lady Mondegreen.  His vowel movement hasn't gotten
to the lawn yet.

To make that rhyme the same way for me, I'd have to say

I'm going on
The autobahn
With John and Don.

As for

> I've carried on
> With Hillary Hahn
> And Genghis Khan

THAT is sheer poetry.  So sheer I can see right through it.

-- mike salovesh                    <salovesh at niu.edu>
PEACE !!!



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