Aunt; was Re: "Authentic pronunciation" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Herb Stahlke]

I remember a teacher in the third grade in Waltz, MI, 25 miles S of
Detroit, telling us the hog, log, fog, and dog should all be
pronounced with the vowel of "cot."   We new better.

Herb
>> >
>> > At 9:09 PM -0400 10/6/10, Barbara Need wrote:
>> > >I  was corrected by my fourth grade (MA) spelling teacher. I have just
>> > >moved from near Cleveland and said that we had gone out to visit my
>> > >[Ant] and she asked me if I meant the little black insect and I said
>> > >no, my mother's sister, and she said, you mean your [Ont] (low back
>> > >rounded vowel). Of course, I meant nothing of the sort. Just one more
>> > >contribution to my decision NOT to adopt the accent of the Northern
>> > >Shore.
>> > >
>> > >Barbara
>> >

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