Three pairs of pronunciation

[Dan Goodman]

Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> At 6/28/2010 12:38 PM, Dan Goodman wrote:
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>> First two:   identical.   Horse and hoarse:   Different.
>> Dan, is your difference that one has an "r" and the other (joshing
>> on) a "w" ("hawse")?  I think -- but perhaps I think too much -- I
>> have an "r" in "horse". (Manhattan.)
>>
>> .
>>
It's a vowel difference.

I have "r" in both.   Hudson Valley Dialect is rhotic.

Though I do leave out the "r"s in cartridge and partridge.    And do
sometimes say "bob wire."

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