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Subject: 
O vs WO vs AH
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date: 
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:53:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, "Robert Munafo" <munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom> writes:

[...]
  Todd: "TAWD", [...]
[...]

Hey, how close is that to TWOD?  (I gather that's the native-East-Coast way
to pronounce it -- similar to BWOS'-tin.  :)  Where I grew up (Minneapolis)
it's pronounced TAHD, but not quite the nasal TAAHHHD that they say in
Milwaukee and Chicago.  :)

--Todd



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  Re: O vs WO vs AH
 
Todd Lehman wrote in message <37a0e8e2.108331275@...et.com>... (...) Is the east coast you refer to the upper part of maine? I never heard it pronounced like that. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo
 
(...) That's essentially the problem with colloquial phonetic spelling -- there are two methods. Some people (like me) use existing words whenever existing words are available: Todd: "TODD", Lugnet: "LUG-net", Steve: "STEVE", phonetic: (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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