significant "Gooks"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/9/2014 09:36 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>As significant as whether a speaker says [ruf] or [rUf]?

This is very significant if you're telling the joke (from an old
Carling beer advertisement) about the barkeeper, the customer, and
his talking dog.

Joel

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