hoss

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 08:01:43PM -0500, Gordon, Matthew J. wrote:

> Could those of you with a phonemic distinction in the low
>back vowels confirm that the vowel in 'hoss' (the derivative
>of 'horse' made popular by Bonanza and Keith Jackson) is open
>o (i.e., the same as 'bought' ) and not the vowel of 'hot'?

Works for me; "hoss" rhymes with "sauce" as I say the word,
and I'm not a cot/caught merger.

Jesse Sheidlower