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

[Alice Faber]

On 1/13/14 4:20 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> At 1/13/2014 12:12 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
>> Also, consider the eye-dialect spelling SAWX, even (maybe especially) by
>> speakers with a NY-style COT/CAUGHT contrast.
>
> Ugh.  I have the NY-style cot/caught, but I don't say "sawx"!  That
> squawks ... I'm considering Ogden Nash, or a limerick.
>

Nope, but if you were trash-posting on a baseball forum, you might
*spell* it that way.

Alice

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