hog/hawg

[Jonathan Lighter]

Don't you mean New-York style / dD:gz /?

JL

On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu>wrote:

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> But that'd be something like IPA [dOUgz], not New York-style [dU at gz],
> right?
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> Paul Johnston
>  On Oct 7, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
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> > In a gesture of dialect self-awareness and pride, we University of
> Georgia Bulldogs commonly refer to ourselves--even in writing--as the
> "Dawgs."  (Cf. "Ole Miss.")
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> > --Charlie
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> > It tells you how to pronounce dog.
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> > JL
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> > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
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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.
> >>>
> >> 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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