Facebook: "get out of _hawk_"

[Benjamin Barrett]

Nice find!

I don't distinguish the two, but it's not immediately obvious to me, either.

I presume Mainers distinguish the two, so the writer is probably in Oregon.

Google has only a couple of relevant hits for "get out of hawk."

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

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On Jul 31, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Writer is from "Portland." Thanks to Fb's weird implementation of
> "privacy," I'd have to friend this guy to find out where Portland is.
> 
> Since I distinguish between "cot" and "caught," I didn't immediately
> understand WTF he was trying to say.

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