"Blawg"

[Paul Johnston]

David:
Boston--with the CAUGHT vowel.
Bronx & Throgs Neck--with the COT vowel.

Paul Johnston
On Dec 30, 2007, at 7:45 PM, David Donnell wrote:

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> Questions for the aforementioned effete eastcoasterners:
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>       1) how do y'all say "Boston"?
>       2) and "Bronx"?
>       3) and (back to <og>) "Throgs Neck Bridge"?
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> Open-o or /a/?
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> (A friend from Loss Angeles once asked me "So what's a Throg,
> anyway?"... I still don't know the answer!)
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> DD
> Missourian @ NYC
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>> Tsk, tsk, Tom. And here I thought someone who preaches greater
>> consistency in the sound/spelling correspondence would be offended
>> by such variability in the phonemic assignment of <og>. Shouldn't
>> you praise those of us who use just one vowel in all <og> words?
>>
>> Matt Gordon
>> Proud "awe" repressor
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>> From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Tom Zurinskas
>> Sent: Sun 12/30/2007 4:18 PM
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject:      Re: "Blawg"
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>> I agree.  I'd say your ideolect is standard American English for the
>> words you've cited.  What is the history of pronunciation of these
>> words.
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>> The problem is that some folks are repressing the sound "awe" and
>> replacing it with "ah" wherever it exists.  They just do not want to
>> say that sound.
>>
>> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
>> See truespel.com - and the 4 truespel books plus "Occasional Poems"
>> at authorhouse.com.
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