Dawgs

[Charles Doyle]

I just gotta say, Beverly: the core vowel I hear in "dog" in Appalachian/Inland Southern (white) speech--whatever the nature of the glides--is definitely /O/, not /a/!

The situation is more complex and variable for "hog," "sausage," and "laundry" (for example) in those dialects.

--Charlie
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>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:24:18 -0400
>From: Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Dawgs
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>Yes, that's BE, but it's not Appalachian/Inland Southern--for example, rural Georgia.  I suggested [daUg] to capture the offglide Matt mentioned, but it's not fully accurate either.  We have it in Athens County/SE Ohio too, and it's definitely not [dOUg].
>
>Beverly
>
>At 11:30 PM 10/24/2006, you wrote:
>>I vote for Paul's 'the U-glide--like [dOUg]," which strikes me as a decent representation of the BE pronunciation. Cf., e.g. the original "you Ain't Nothin' But A Houn'-Dog," by "Big Mama" Willa Mae Thornton or "No More Doggin'," by Rosco Gordon.
>>
>>-Wilson
>>

>>>
>>>The schwa glide?  Or the U-glide--like [dOUg] ?  I know that's an old Southern form.
>>>
>>>Paul Johnston

>>>On Oct 24, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Matthew Gordon wrote:

>>> >
>>> > I thought the "dawg" spelling was meant to represent not just the open-o pronunciation but the more specifically southern diphthongal form with the schwa glide.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 10/24/06 3:34 PM, "Charles Doyle" <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:

. . . that spelling in a region where "dawg" represents what has been the traditional pronunciation anyway--with that "open o" that dialects of many regions are losing apace.

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