Re: Anti-Chomsky Insults

Steg Belsky wrote:

>  Maybe everyone is actually saying
> Noam's name the way you and are, [no(w)@m], and it just sounds like
> /no:m/ to me because i'm used to "Noam" being pronounced [noam] with
> two full non-schwa vowels.
Note that [O@] is a possible NYC realization of the THOUGHT
vowel!  Maybe that is why you hear [no@m] as /no:m/.

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