low back merger--austentacious

[Tom Zurinskas]

So "Austin" is pronounced AH-stin now by locals?

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+ 
see truespel.com phonetic spelling


 
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> I live in Austin, TX, and a normal play on words here is to call
> something Austintatious. Of course, the local dialect here has the
> low-back merger.
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> Leslie Decker
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> On Friday, March 12, 2010, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > At 3/12/2010 11:11 AM, Herb Stahlke wrote:
> >>CNN had a story this morning, which I haven't been able to find on
> >>their site, on the question of whether spellcheck is making kids into
> >>worse spellers. Â One of the misspellings they showed was
> >>"austentatious." Â I was in a noise room when I saw the story, so I
> >>didn't see the location. Â The teenage boy behind the misspelling at
> >>least had a perceptual contrast, if not also a productive one.
> >
> > Perhaps he's merely into the (long) 18th century -- its email list is
> > Austentatious.
> >
> > Joel
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