Dawgs

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:12 AM -0700 10/26/06, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>How does one indicate the notorious NYC "dawg," also heard in "cawfee"?
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>   It's extra tense, I think. Not elongated, though.
>
>   JL

"coo-a-fee"?

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>"Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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>Bev wrote:
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>Actually, I'll modify my vowel a bit: In this area, at least, the core
>vowel is midway between /a/ and /O/, the so-called "turned script a".
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>Cardinal "turned script a" is low back rounded: same jaw and tongue position
>as "script a", but with lip rounding. Is that what you mean?
>http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/vowels.html
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>m a m
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