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From: budd@arizona.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: regional homonyms?
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Date: Sun, 18-Sep-83 22:15:55 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 18 22:15:55 1983
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Here is a new topic.  How about regional homonyms?  For example in many
parts of the country the names "don" and "dawn" are indistinguishable,
while elsewhere they are very distinct.  Judging from a recent article in
net.math, there must be someplace where "except" and "accept" sound
similar, although they certainly don't where I grew up (the Northwest).
(Where ever is was the net.math article came from - I suppose "excess" and
"access" must also be similar, as in "limited excess highway").
Somebody recently mentioned "oil" and "all" sounding similar in the south.

Any other interesting examples of words clearly different in one part
of the country and almost the same in another?