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szyzk t1_j9wgjgn wrote
Reply to comment by nardlz in Survey on Pennsylvania Dialect (“cot” and “caught”) by pretty_hooligan
I'm assuming this is an eastern PA thing?
szyzk t1_j9wf4v6 wrote
Reply to comment by C4bl3Fl4m3 in Survey on Pennsylvania Dialect (“cot” and “caught”) by pretty_hooligan
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.
szyzk t1_j9vjpz6 wrote
Waitaminute... How else would one pronounce "cot" and "caught"?
szyzk t1_j9wzx9y wrote
Reply to comment by Yankiwi17273 in Survey on Pennsylvania Dialect (“cot” and “caught”) by pretty_hooligan
I'm going to start grilling my old college friends who are scattered around PA, my Lehigh Valley pals, and my family in the Harrisburg area about this. I can't say that I've heard any of them come close to approaching the New England-ish "aw" sound, and I've certainly never heard it here in western PA.