rawk (1987)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Hog rhymes with Prague. Dog rhymes with...nothing !  Hog and Prague have the vowel of "car." Dog has the vowel of "saw" and "law."

In the second grade a substitute teacher tried to convince us that "dog" should rhyme with "hog," "frog," etc.  We never saw her again.

JL

"Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM> wrote:
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Jonathan,

It never occurred to me that dog and hog might not rhyme. Which word do you rhyme with Prague, and how do you pronounce the other word?

John Baker


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