No more the "awe" sound in USA

[Neal Whitman]

I was wondering how long it'd be before I read a message here about the Seahocks and awe-dropping.

Neal

> On Feb 1, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Is the "awe" phoneme too far gone to save.
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> The Super bowl team name is "Seahawks".  How many times do we here "hocks" =
> instead of "hawks".
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> Her name is "Dawn Zimmer" regarding the NJ scandals.  How many times do we =
> here "Don" vs "Dawn".
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> Tom Zurinskas=2C Conn 20 yrs=2C Tenn 3=2C NJ 33=2C now Fl 9.
> See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk
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>> And so it has come to pass that we are being taught (tot) to awe-drop as =
> the standard for US accent.  The sound "awe" exists no more.
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>> In the link below Rachel mispronounces the words "jaw" and "coffee" for U=
> SA accent by using "ah" instead of "awe".  She is an awe-dropper=2C a huge =
> trend in USA=2C which I oppose.
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DLIZ78RwhSPc
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>> Tom Zurinskas=2C Conn 20 yrs=2C Tenn 3=2C NJ 33=2C now Fl 9.
>> See how English spelling links to sounds at http://justpaste.it/ayk
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