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

>