Wilson's St. Louis vowels . . .

[Michael H Covarrubias]

I haven't heard the schwa. The only two I've heard are the 'ash' vowel and [a].

I grew up hearing the ash vowel more commonly.

The [a] showed up sporadically in various regions--midwest, dakotas, central
plains, east...

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Quoting Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>:
>
> As for "lilac" with a schwa in the last
> syllable: isn't that pretty standard everywhere?
>
> In high school, my son had two friends named Tara--pronounced differently.
> Those damn vowels.
>
> --Charlie
> _____________________________________________________________
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:10:18 -0400
> >From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> >
> >I, too, have always known topaz to be kinda dark yellow(ish). BTW, in Saint
> Louis, it's pronounced "topoz," as lilac is pronounced "liloc", crappie (a
> fish) is pronounced "croppie," tassle is pronounced "tossle," etc.
> >
> >-Wilson
>
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