[net.nlang] Son of `often pronounced OFF-en'

gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch) (09/18/84)

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I am told that `pistol' once rhymed with `whistle'.  And how about
`pestle'?  (I say pessle).
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Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino)