Re: ...not what I mean (fwd)

On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Matt Pearson wrote:

> >On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, andrew wrote:
> >
> >> Some clever wordplay on how not to answer the telephone for your
> >> edification.
> >
> >> * "That's what I asked you. What's your name?"
> >> * "That's what I told you. Watt's my name."
> >
> >Obviously they don't distinguish [w] and [hw].
>
> And they must have the same vowel in both words.  I actually have
> different vowels in "what" and "Watt".  "What" rhymes with "nut",
> while "Watt" rhymes with "not".
Myself also.
Padraic.

>
> Matt.
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