Hockey

[Michael H Covarrubias]

Quoting Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM>:
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> On a Seinfeld episode from 1995, Michael Richards is talking about hockey
> tickets and he pronounces the sport as "hawk-y." ... IMDB lists
> him as originating from Los Angeles, for what that's worth.
> Scot LaFaive


Over-application of the 'aw' vowel perhaps? From LA he gets to NY, encounters a
few of those and starts using them on every [a]...

mhc
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