antedating "hobo" 1885

[Douglas G. Wilson]

Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 10:11 AM -0400 5/25/09, Mark Mandel wrote:
>
>> "color" and "honor" do not follow the pattern <CoCo>.
>>
>> m a m
>>
>
> No, and the ones that do all stem from stemless prefixes or from
> non-nativized loanwords, I venture to guess. ....
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There are of course some marginal exceptions.

Does "boyo" rhyme with "yoyo"?

Does "toro" [fish] rhyme with "boro" [alternative spelling of "borough",
quite routine in some regions]?

Does "folo" [news jargon = "follow-up"] rhyme with "polo"?

-- Doug Wilson

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