Back Vowel Phonemes

[Beverly Flanigan]

Again, the oldtime Northern system.  But here in southern Ohio, John and
Don (and Dawn) veer more toward ), though they're phonetically closer to
the 'turned (script) a', as in Brit Eng 'pot'.  I wonder if this is what
Terry is hearing in northern Kentucky?  Which phoneme to attach that to is
the issue, isn't it?  (Autobahn may be another story, since it's a learned
word.)

At 04:50 AM 9/20/00 -0500, Mike Salovesh wrote:

>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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