No more the "awe" sound in USA

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/1/2014 11:29 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>On Feb 1, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>
> > It would be interesting to see if people without the cot/caught
> merger adopt the merger pronunciation for "Seahawks" (and "hawk" in
> general) as a result of the Superbowl.
> >
> > Benjamin Barrett
> > Formerly of Seattle, WA
>
>They won't get to me.  'Hawks they are and 'Hawks they will remain,
>win or lose.
>
>But you can't go by me; I'll never even merge my Maries, marries, and merries.

Aw, don't be recalcitrant, Larry.  We natural-born speakers from the
Big Apple (I think you are too?) may be a dying breed.  Or should that be "Ah"?


>LH
>
> >
> > Learn Ainu! https://sites.google.com/site/aynuitak1/videos
> >
> > On Feb 1, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET> wrote:
> >
> >> 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:
> >>>
> >>> Is the "awe" phoneme too far gone to save.
> >>> =20
> >>> The Super bowl team name is "Seahawks".  How many times do we
> here "hocks" =
> >>> instead of "hawks".
> >>> =20
> >>> Her name is "Dawn Zimmer" regarding the NJ scandals.  How many
> times do we =
> >>> here "Don" vs "Dawn".
> >
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