eye dialect was RE: nekkid

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:08 AM -0400 3/15/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>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

Here here.  And nothing rhymes with it--except, as discussed many
threads ago, "Smaug" and "blawg".  (But not "smog" or "blog").

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>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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