[Ads-l] Pronunciation

[Marc Sacks]

Wilson, you wrote: "We not only distinguished "caught" from "cot," but also
"horse" from
"hoarse" and "fore" from "four." We really _cared_!" I can hear the first
but have no idea how you distinguish the other two. Could you please
explain?

Marc Sacks

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 3:55 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Shawnee Moon <moon.shawnee at gmail.com>
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> > I'd love to hear where you were raised
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> I grew up in Sant Louis in the =E2=80=9940=E2=80=99s through he early =E2=
> =80=9960=E2=80=99s. In those days,
> the best American English was spoken in the so-called "St. Louis Corridor.
> We not only distinguished "caught" from "cot," but also "horse" from
> "hoarse" and "fore" from "four." We really _cared_!
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> --=20
> -Wilson
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