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I get “talks” but how does socks and locks trigger him?

by laichzeit0 5y ago

wiredfool 5y ago
Socks imply shoes. And shoes imply walkies.
- cmrdporcupine 5y ago
  Yep, my dogs are tuned into sock acquisition as a precursor to outside. Which says a lot about how COVID WFH has trended towards the sockless.
alecst 5y ago
They rhyme in most American English dialects.
- ascar 5y ago
  Can you post a video of someone pronouncing that? I have a hard time imaging how sock and talk can rhyme.
  - tempestn 5y ago
    Sock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAslCof0N6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAslCof0N6Q Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKoe_hDLTv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKoe_hDLTv4
    - sethammons 5y ago
      Hence the joke book I heard of as a kid: "101 ways to wok your dog". Tock and talk are pronounced the same, as is wok (the cooking instrument) and walk.
      - mrtranscendence 5y ago
        Is this really true in most American accents? In my midwestern accent “tock” and “talk” absolutely don’t rhyme, but maybe I’m the outlier here.
        allannienhuis 5y ago
        in the northwest (Vancouver, BC area) tock and talk rhyme (they are pretty much homonyms).
jannyfer 5y ago
In my accent, walk/talk/sock/lock all sound similar.
throaway46546 5y ago
I'm curious how you pronounce locks and if you don't mind where you are from.
- laichzeit0 5y ago
  Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfkgn99Svfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfkgn99Svfk Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG9GBNr7kFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG9GBNr7kFk Sock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cpffNd2GaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cpffNd2GaA Lock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPN_94VMk8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPN_94VMk8Q Sock and lock sound similar to me, and so do walk and talk. But walk/talk and sock/lock sound quite dissimilar.
  - tempestn 5y ago
    Here in Canada all four rhyme, and are more similar to your sock/lock than your walk/talk.
aayjaychan 5y ago
in some accents they rhyme because of the cot-caught merger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger

I get “talks” but how does socks and locks trigger him?

wiredfool 5y ago

Socks imply shoes. And shoes imply walkies.

cmrdporcupine 5y ago
Yep, my dogs are tuned into sock acquisition as a precursor to outside. Which says a lot about how COVID WFH has trended towards the sockless.

alecst 5y ago

They rhyme in most American English dialects.

ascar 5y ago
Can you post a video of someone pronouncing that? I have a hard time imaging how sock and talk can rhyme.
- tempestn 5y ago
  Sock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAslCof0N6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAslCof0N6Q Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKoe_hDLTv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKoe_hDLTv4
  - sethammons 5y ago
    Hence the joke book I heard of as a kid: "101 ways to wok your dog". Tock and talk are pronounced the same, as is wok (the cooking instrument) and walk.
    - mrtranscendence 5y ago
      Is this really true in most American accents? In my midwestern accent “tock” and “talk” absolutely don’t rhyme, but maybe I’m the outlier here.
      - allannienhuis 5y ago
        in the northwest (Vancouver, BC area) tock and talk rhyme (they are pretty much homonyms).

jannyfer 5y ago

In my accent, walk/talk/sock/lock all sound similar.

throaway46546 5y ago

I'm curious how you pronounce locks and if you don't mind where you are from.

laichzeit0 5y ago
Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfkgn99Svfk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfkgn99Svfk Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG9GBNr7kFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG9GBNr7kFk Sock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cpffNd2GaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cpffNd2GaA Lock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPN_94VMk8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPN_94VMk8Q Sock and lock sound similar to me, and so do walk and talk. But walk/talk and sock/lock sound quite dissimilar.
- tempestn 5y ago
  Here in Canada all four rhyme, and are more similar to your sock/lock than your walk/talk.

aayjaychan 5y ago

in some accents they rhyme because of the cot-caught merger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger