tawking the tawk, wawking the wawk

[Ben Zimmer]

Of potential interest:

Matt Flegenheimer, "A Voice of New York’s Streets, Saying That It’s
Safe to Wawk" (New York Times, 7/7/2012):

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/nyregion/a-new-york-voice-at-new-york-intersections.html

My take, on Language Log:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4061

--bgz

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