C4bl3Fl4m3 t1_j9wdlbv wrote on February 25, 2023 at 1:01 AM

Reply to comment by szyzk in Survey on Pennsylvania Dialect (“cot” and “caught”) by pretty_hooligan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger the top audio file.

Cot sounds more letter A like, more nasal, while caught sounds more like ought. A lot more O like.

szyzk t1_j9wf4v6 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 1:13 AM

I'll have to pay better attention because I don't know that I've heard that here in PA. It sounds just like a New England accent to me, or someone trying to sound like they're doing a NE accent.