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Contrary to belief, local linguists say Northwest has distinctive dialect

7 month ago

adamrg : Contrary to belief, local linguists say Northwest has distinctive dialect - Say "caught" and "cot" out loud. If you're a true Northwest speaker, the words will sound identical. Linguists call this the "low-back merger" because we've merged these two vowel sounds. On much of the East Coast, these same

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