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Dear Variationist List,
I have a question in response to Joel Wallenberg's post about /l/ in the word "both" in California (and an open-o). I definitely have the "bolth" pronunciation--grew up in central Iowa. How widespread is "bolth"?
Jim Stanford
-Dartmouth
>Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:37:59 +0000
>From: Joel Wallenberg <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: VAR-L Digest - 7 Apr 2011 to 11 Apr 2011 (#2011-32)
>I haven't ever noticed the "calm", "palm" thing, but I have met Californians
>(San Franciscans) who have /l/ following /ou/ in "both", which then triggers
>shortening of the vowel to open-o (which I believe is a productive rule in
>my dialect before /l/ and /r/). I don't know where "bolth" comes from,
>though I wonder if it has to do with /l/-vocalization. I know Lauren
>Hall-Lew has studied /l/-vocalization in San Francisco...
>Best,
>Joel Wallenberg
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