"war" [wor]

[Charles Doyle]

Yes; "for"/"four" are a minimal pair!

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:31:23 -0500
>From: Matthew Gordon <gordonmj at MISSOURI.EDU>
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>Do 'war' and 'for' rhyme for you?
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>On 8/14/08 10:34 AM, "Charles Doyle" <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>> My problem was that "war" and "four" don't rhyme! (It's an "open-o" thing.)
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>> --Charlie
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>> ---- Original message ----
>>> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:46:26 -0400
>>> From: Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM>
>>> Subject: Re: "war" [wor]
>>>
>>> I think Charles's problem lay in the fact that this was written rather than spoken.
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>>> m a m
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>>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>>>> At 8/14/2008 09:40 AM, Charles Doyle wrote:
>>
>>>>> Last night the folks at MSNBC were discussing McCain's bellicosity regarding the Russia-Georgia conflict, and the caption on the screen read "War More Years."  I was baffled for a good many seconds, trying to ascertain wherein that "war" is supposed to rhyme with (thence substitute for) "four."  Was that the point?
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>>>>
>>>> I pronounce "war" to rhyme with "four"  (NYC).  Are there regional variations?  (Like as in "whar'? over thar'"?)
>>>>
>>>> Joel

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