Hallucinating distinctions (was New Jersey Dialects)

[Patti J. Kurtz]

>>Out of curiosity though, what's a "Pittsburgh twang"?  Can you put it
>>in
>>IPA (or our listserv substitute system for IPA)?  I think I know what
>>you
>>mean, but I want a native speaker's take on this!
>>
>>
>>
Um-- not sure.  I can't really find a vowel sound that seems to
represent that for me.  Let me think about it and I'll try to come up
with something (sorry-- brain dead about now)

Patti

--

Freeman - And what drives you on, fighting the monster?



Straker - I don't know, something inside me I guess.



Freeman - It's called dedication.



Straker - Pig-headedness would be nearer.