hog/hawg (UNCLASSIFIED)

Thu Oct 7 17:27:27 UTC 2010

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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"
> >
> >Yes.
> >
>

So, then, is the mythical beast of south Georgia called "hawgzilla" or
"hogzilla"?

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