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Other examples:

* borough, burrow

* call, caul, col

* knot, naught, not

* sic, sick, Sikh

* sics, Sikhs, six

* taught, taut, tot

* cinque, sink

* dew, do

* mall, moll, maul, mawl




Maybe some of these aren't just a matter of accent, but the individual. I say "borough" like "bore-oh" but I feel like plenty of people in my area would say "burr-oh" and I wouldn't bat an eye.




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