hog/hawg

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:31 PM -0400 10/7/10, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>At 10/7/2010 11:50 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>Interesting.  So, Joel, you have a minimal pair between the following?
>>
>>hog/hawg, n. 'motorcycle' /hOg/ as in "dog"
>>hog, n. 'mammal of fam. Suidae' or hog, v. 'bogart' /hag/ as in "frog"
>
>Yes.
>
Too late.  Jon has already accomplished his commission, and as far as
I can tell his work is unimprovable.

LH

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