"open o" loss

[Herb Stahlke]

What vowels would the local dialect normally have?

Herb

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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>  Disregarding the traditional dialect of the local area, the University of Georgia's gymnastics team is sporting the slogan "Back 4 more" as it enters the NCAA meet this weekend, hoping to win its fourth consecutive national championship.
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>  (The pun--which was not at first obvious to me--merges "four" and "for.")
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>  --Charlie
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