Choral vs. coral

[Wilson Gray]

Yes, that is a possibility, Mark. Thank you for your suggestion.

-Wilson

On 6/20/06, Mark A. Mandel <mamandel at ldc.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Wilson inquires:
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> Wasn't there once a time when these two words differed in
> pronunciation as well as in spelling, to wit: choral [kor at l] as in
> singing vs. [kOr at l] as in reef? Nowadays, they both appear to be
> pronounced [kor at l].
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> I'm sure this is a regional difference. My dialect doesn't distinguish /or/
> from /Or/. Have you moved from a distinguishing region to a merging one?
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> m a m
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