eye dialect was RE: nekkid

[Tom Zurinskas]

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

What is assumed here is that letter "o" alone is usually interpreted as "ah".  Actually, by count in text it's usually "uh".  And it's used for a whole bunch of other sounds as in tradwerdz to,go,off,word,for.  So in truespel I use ~aa for the "ah" sound.  BBC phonetics does so as well.

My take on "eye dialect" is that it's foespel form based on tradspel where the writer wants to indicate a certain pronunciation (perhaps not a typical one).

Tom Zurinskas, Conn 20 yrs, then Tenn 3, NJ 33, now FL 9.
The FREE English-based phonetic converters, URL and text , are at truespel.com





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> 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").
>
> >
> >On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
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> >> An interesting accusation made against the NYTimes:
> >>
> >>
> >> http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/03/new_york_times_drops_tim_palen.html?mi=
> >> d=3D372984&rid=3D399862378
> >>
> >> <
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> - 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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