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

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 14, 2014, at 8:44 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Cf. HOG and DOG.
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> JL

Right.  I think we discussed these a while back.  For me (NYC, b. 1945), nothing rhymes with "dog" but "blawg".

LH
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> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> My LOT and PALM have the same vowel.  (Say "ah!")
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>> THOUGHT is different. (Saw "aw!" but stop way before you reach Fran
>> Drescher.)
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>> JL
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>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:14 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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