How the OED pronounces "lot" and "cloth"

[Jonathan Lighter]

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JL




On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> 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. ;-)
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> The nicest thing anyone herein has said about my dialect! :-)
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> Paul Johnston has clarified (conceded?) that the American
> pronunciation is different from (modern) RP, and distinguishes.
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> Joel
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