Raleigh, N.C. -- awesome or aw-dropping?

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Fri Feb 14 13:43:34 UTC 2014


My LOT and PALM have the same vowel.  (Say "ah!")

THOUGHT is different. (Saw "aw!" but stop way before you reach Fran
Drescher.)

JL


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:14 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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