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PEG Morphology Algorithm

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I know that Lojbab has this feature but I can't
find anyone else with it, including a fairly
large array of youngsters — from 3 up — and
Arizonians of all ages, ditto New Mexicans,
Californians and Oregonians. What is the source
of your claim?



> John E Clifford scripsit:
> > Do you really mean to say that only a
> relatively
> > restricted grpup of Americans say "law" with
> a
> > low mid back rounded vowel?
>
> Yes, indeed. Westerners and youngsters have
> merged /O:/ and /A:/.
>
> > and a few (I'm not quite sure what
> > the line is) who collapse "aw" with "ah" --
> but
> > generally say it more like "aw" — I can't
> > remember hearing anyone fail to get this
> sound
> > right (and even those cases get it right but
> > either add to it or change its role in the
> > overall scheme).
>
> By no means "a few", but the growing majority.
>
> —
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> Cowan
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> thou hast given away:
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