How the OED pronounces "lot" and "cloth"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/6/2010 04:50 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> > Lot is hot; cloth is
> > moth.
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>You are correct, sir! IMO, anyway. ;-)

The nicest thing anyone herein has said about my dialect! :-)

Paul Johnston has clarified (conceded?) that the American
pronunciation is different from (modern) RP, and distinguishes.

Joel

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