Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 19:24:45 +0000

From: David Bergdahl bergdahl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: pragmatic change in progress?



For me, (an-almost 57-yr-old), {whore} has always been /hohr/ but I can

remember working people in my village saying "who-er" with two

syllables. (I grew up on L.I.)