Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 11:43:01 EST

From: Les Carpenter lesc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]USCSUMTER.USCSU.SC.EDU

Subject: Re[2]: name's the same



I worked in Sioux City, Iowa, for three years in the late

70's at a small Methodist college. One of my colleagues,

named Don, had a daughter named Dawn. Most of our common

friends and coworkers, either longtime residents or natives

of the area, pronounced the two names the same.

Les Carpenter

lesc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uscsumter.uscsu.sc.edu





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Subject: Re: name's the same

Author: American Dialect Society ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu at INTERNET

Date: 12/7/95 11:06 AM





I pronounce them differently. The o in Don is short and somewhat flat,

and Dawn tends to be longer and more of a diphthong. Also an Oregonian.

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Charles F Juengling wrote:



On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Lisa Pogoff wrote:



Upon moving to MN, I was surprised to hear my co-workers pronounce

the male name "Don" and the female name "Dawn" exactly the same way.

Are they also pronounced the same in other parts of the country?



I am equally surprised when I hear people make a distinction between the

two names. So, yes, there are other parts of the country where the names

are pronounced the same. I'm an Oregonian, BTW.

Fritz