This is one of the most fun songs to play on guitar. I had a great time recording all the guitar parts.
In case you're wondering whether this question applies to you, speaking without the cot-caught merger means that you use different vowels for "cot" (/ˈkɑt/) and "caught" (/ˈkɔt/), and speaking with the lot-cloth split means that you pronounce "lot" with the same vowel as in "cot" (/ˈlɑt/) and "cloth" with the same vowel as in "caught" (/ˈklɔθ/).
If this accent applies to you, I assume that you pronounce the word "hotdog" as /ˈhɑtˌdɔg/ with both vowels being different.
I'm wondering how you pronounce words with "og" in them.
I used to be under the impression that most "og" words were affected by the lot-cloth split, but I noticed something interesting. In this video, people repeat the words "hog" and "dog" several times. And aside from Peter, I feel like they are all pronouncing "hog" as /ˈh**ɑ**g/ and "dog" as /ˈd**ɔ**g/. The difference in vowels is especially noticeable with Sheryl's pronunciations of these two words.
Now this is making me question the pronunciations on other "og" words. How do you pronounce these words?
* log /ˈlɑg/ or /ˈlɔg/?
* jog /ˈdʒɑg/ or /ˈdʒɔg/?
* slog /ˈslɑg/ or /ˈslɔg/?
* hedgehog /ˈhɛdʒˌhɑg/ or /ˈhɛdʒˌhɔg/?
* dog /ˈdɑg/ or /ˈdɔg/?
* goggle /ˈgɑ gəl/ or /ˈgɔ gəl/?
* toggle /ˈtɑ gəl/ or /ˈtɔ gəl/?
* boggle /ˈbɑ gəl/ or /ˈbɔ gəl/?
* cog /ˈkɑg/ or /ˈkɔg/?
* cognitive /ˈkɑg nə tɪv/ or /ˈkɔg nə tɪv/?
* analog /ˈæn əˌlɑg/ or /ˈæn əˌlɔg/?
* dialogue /ˈdaɪ əˌlɑg/ or /ˈdaɪ əˌlɔg/?
* frog /ˈfɹɑg/ or /ˈfɹɔg/?
* bog /ˈbɑg/ or /ˈbɔg/?
* other words you can think of