Three pairs of pronunciation
Dan Goodman
dsgood at IPHOUSE.COM
Mon Jun 28 18:19:15 UTC 2010
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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