eye dialect was RE: nekkid

[Jonathan Lighter]

In the backwoods of Noo Yawk City, they do say "dawgs," which is audibly
more rounded than /dOg/.

In Georgia, however, "dawg" must represent /d^Og/, if it represents anything
- but that's what most Georgiams say.

So to me, Georgia "dawg" isn't eye dialect; it's a clumsy representation of
real dialect.

As is NYC "dawg."  Of course, to folks like Charlie, I say "dawg" too.
But what I say isn't "dawg" *or* "dawg."  It's just "dog."
JL


On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> An interesting accusation made against the NYTimes:
>
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> http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/03/new_york_times_drops_tim_palen.html?mi=
> d=3D372984&rid=3D399862378
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> http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/03/new_york_times_drops_tim_palen.html?m=
> id=3D372984&rid=3D399862378>
> Did the *Times* Drop Tim Pawlenty=92s *G* for Him?
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>   - 3/14/11 at 10:45 AM
>   - *15*Comments<
> http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/03/new_york_times_drops=
> _tim_palen.html#comments>
>
> In a story on likely presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty's attempts to
> appeal to every constituency in the Republican Party (as opposed to just
> th=
> e
> tea partiers or just the evangelicals, etc.), the
> *Times<
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/us/politics/14pawlenty.html?_r=3D1=
> &partner=3Drss&emc=3Drss>
> * observes that the former Minnesota governor adopted a Southern drawl in a
> speech in Iowa recently:
>
> At a faith forum last week in Iowa, he displayed vigor. But the next day at
> the Statehouse, the talk among several Republicans was that it seemed he
> ha=
> d
> suddenly developed a Southern accent as he tried connecting to voters by
> speaking louder and with more energy.
>
> The political blog of Radio Iowa heard it too and noted, =93Pawlenty seems
> =
> to
> be adopting a Southern accent as he talks about his record as governor.=94
> =
> As
> he spoke of the country=92s challenges, he dropped the letter G, saying: =
> =93It
> ain=92t gonna be easy. This is about plowin=92 ahead and gettin=92 the job
> =
> done.=94
>
> Frankly, we haven't heard Pawlenty speak enough to know if the folksy
> accen=
> t
> he exhibited in the speech was uncommon for him. But we're at least pretty
> sure that we hear Pawlenty say *getting*, not *gettin'*, in the line
> plucke=
> d
> out by the *Times*. Watch the clip and determine for yourself whether the *
> Times* is nitpickin'.
>
> Campaigning as All Things to All
> Republicans<
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/us/politics/14pawlenty.html?_=
> r=3D1&partner=3Drss&emc=3Drss>
>  [NYT]
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