rawk (1987)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes !  "Shmog" vs. "shmog" !  Elegant !

I bet they couldn't match that in Middle English !

JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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At 4:29 AM -0800 2/25/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Yes, Larry. "Shmog" in that context would have to rhyme with "dog."
>But in any other context it wouldn't.
>
>JL

Nice minimal pair:
"Dog shmog" [SmOg] vs. "Smog shmog" [Smag]

L


>
>Laurence Horn wrote:
>
>Here's a tricky one--"dog, shmog--what I want is a ferret!" I think
>"shmog" has got to rhyme with "dog". Maybe it has to be spelled
>"shmawg" for us dog-versus-world types, though.
>


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