London rhymes

[Stone, William]

Much more likely that Pall, Mall and girl rhyme with cow rather than [bEw] and [hEw]. Very few dialects of the London area have a postvocalic lateral liquid.


Dr. William J. Stone
Associate Professor
TESL Program
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago
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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Laurence Horn [laurence.horn at YALE.EDU]
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Subject: Re: London rhymes

On Jul 8, 2012, at 11:13 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> I found two more London rhyming substitutions in Partridge (8). Bexleys,
> from Bexley Heath for "teeth" and Pall Mall for "girl".

So this presupposes the ability to rhyme [pEl mEl] with [gEl] (as in "bell", "hell"), right?

LH

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