Linguistic boundaries [was: A novel notion of "balance"]

[Dan Goncharoff]

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On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Jan 13, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
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> > On 1/13/14 12:03 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >> On Jan 13, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Paul Johnston wrote:
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> >>> How do the Red Sox/Yankees divisions correlate with variables such as
> whether the vowel in cart (rhotic or not) is front or back, and whether cot
> is rounded or unrounded?
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> >> I'd guess in one direction:  Boston side of isogloss --> Red Sox fan,
> but not vice versa.  As I say, just a guess.
> >>
> >
> > Also, consider the eye-dialect spelling SAWX, even (maybe especially) by
> > speakers with a NY-style COT/CAUGHT contrast.
> >
> I remember one of the ESPN SportsCenter anchors (Kenny Mayne, maybe?  He's
> the one who does "'Skansin" in a nice facsimile of a Wisconsin accent)
> distinguishing the Sawx and the Sacks, the latter being the Chicago White
> Sox of course.  There's a much (over-)played commercial for State Farm and
> their "Discount Double Check" airing currently, with two guys doing
> exaggerated but still recognizable Chicago/Northern Cities fronted vowels
> (a spin-off of the old "Da Bears" bit on SNL).  In fact it's now spelled
> "Discount Daaa-ble Check" at the end of the commercial:
>
> http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7bJn/state-farm-discount-double-check-turbulence-feat-aaron-rodgers
> .
> Very dialect-aware, in its way.
>
> LH
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