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Pittsburgh Pronunciation

Fowl

Sounds like: fahl Pittsburgh Pronunciation Dialect education

Meaning

What it means

Pittsburghese-style pronunciation/spelling of “fowl.”

Fowl is one of the words discussed in Western Pennsylvania phonology examples where the vowel can flatten toward an ah sound.

Usage

Use it like this

“That sounded like fahl the way my pap said it.”
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Pronunciation-pattern entry, mostly useful for dialect education.

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