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keesan
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response 25 of 32:
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Oct 13 23:58 UTC 2001 |
I pronounce all these words like Joe does (plus cog) - they all rhyme. I am
from Massachusetts. My mother is from New Jersey and I ended up with part
of her accent. Probably Atlanta and Rhode Island also pronounce all these
words to rhyme. What ages were you while living in Georgia?
I also use to say half past and bath with the same vowel as father and aunt,
but changed the first three to match Michigan.
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davel
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response 26 of 32:
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Oct 14 19:23 UTC 2001 |
Heh. I say "aunt" with the same vowel as half past bath. But (I feel sure)
not the way you used to. (Sounds same as "ant".)
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keesan
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response 27 of 32:
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Oct 14 23:10 UTC 2001 |
Do you rhyme father with ant?
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gelinas
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response 28 of 32:
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Oct 15 03:16 UTC 2001 |
Lessee... I started kindergarten in Illinois, was halfway through third
grade when we moved to Georgia, halfway through fifth grade when we moved
to Michigan (both moves in February of their respective years), halfway
through ninth when we moved back to Georgia (leaving on January 29),
and between tenth and eleventh when we moved back to Michigan.
Somewhere along the line, I became aware of the two pronunciations
of "aunt" and deliberately chose the "Northern" version. Although I
_might_ use the "Southern" version when addressing the Southern ladies
(but NOT when referring to them en famille). I think we tried using
the appropriate pronunciation: Southern in the South and Northern in the
North; thinking about them now, I'm having a very hard time not using
the regional pronunciations: "/ant/ Sandra" and "/awnt/ Yvette".
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davel
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response 29 of 32:
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Oct 15 12:51 UTC 2001 |
Re 27: no, not even the vowel; & the thought of rhyming those consonants
boggles my mind.
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rcurl
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response 30 of 32:
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Oct 15 15:09 UTC 2001 |
Rhyming matches the last syllable and alliteration matches the first: what
is matching a middle syllable called?
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orinoco
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response 31 of 32:
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Oct 15 23:23 UTC 2001 |
Alliteration matches consonants, usually initial ones. Alliterating words
can have the same first syllable, but they often don't. When two words have
the same interior vowels, it's called assonance. I don't know if there's a
word for sharing an entire middle syllable.
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rcurl
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response 32 of 32:
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Oct 16 05:02 UTC 2001 |
Thank you.
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