How to pronounce things

[Carolyn Quintero]

shah and shaw are different for me! Second one is lower. Probably longer
too, with a slight u at the end, not present on 'shah'. I'm an Okie.
Carolyn

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[mailto:owner-siouan at lists.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of Alan H. Hartley
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 4:04 PM
To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: How to pronounce things

Wallace Chafe wrote:
> Willem and Bob make me feel a little better about my memory. Maybe I 
> assimilated the uncensored version before it was cleaned up. But now how 
> about the final syllable? My preference is for -shah, but is -shaw a 
> regional variant

In my (Midwestern) dialect, "shah" and "shaw" are both pronounced "shah".

Alan


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