lawn-loan

Wed Apr 19 18:33:03 UTC 2006

Greg,

Never heard by me.

It would be a scoop for Chicago. It would be old news for NYC. I
noticed that it was a produced radio ad heard (but apparently not
produced) in Chicago.

dInIs

>I heard a produced radio ad today in Chicago in which the
>pronunciation of _lawn_ was very close to the standard /o/ heard in
>_loan_.
>
>Has anyone else heard this?
>
>Greg
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