hawk/hock

[Mark A Mandel]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, James A. Landau wrote:

#color: short 'u" in the first syllable, rhymes with "cull 'er" or "hull 'er"
#collar: /ah/ as in "father". rhymes with "holler" or the first two syllables
#of "tolerance"
#caller: /aw/ as in "arm", rhymes with "taller"

'/aw/ as in "arm", rhymes with "taller"'? Different from '/ah/ as in
father'? Is this the same vowel you use in "warm"?

-- Mark A. Mandel