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Topic	Does "sock" rhyme with "hawk"?
Alkaloid 06/28/18 12:36:19 PM #10:	Basically the aw in hawk uses a lower tongue position than the o in sock in "proper" English accents Southern US and other dialects ignore that distinction, like with cot and caught ("cot-caught merger" being the official terminology) --- Alkaloid: It's just water in a cup. <cite>Alkaloid posted [p:904126657] in Does "... [t:76758588]...</cite> <quote>Basically the aw in hawk uses a lower tongue position than the o in sock in "proper" English accents Southern US and other dialects ignore that distinction, like with cot and caught ("cot-caught merger" being the official terminology) --- Alkaloid: It's just water in a cup. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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