hog/hawg

[Jonathan Lighter]

It tells you how to pronounce dog.

JL

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> 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"
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> >Yes.
> >
> Too late.  Jon has already accomplished his commission, and as far as
> I can tell his work is unimprovable.
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> LH
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