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Description	Map showing the distribution of the "Cot-caught merger" in North American English. Green dots: /ɑ/ = /ɔ/ in perception and production. Dark blue dots: /ɑ/ ≠ /ɔ/ in perception and production. Pale blue dots: /ɑ/ ≠ /ɔ/ in perception or production. Yellow dots: Merger in transition.
Source	Made by User:Angr. Based on W. Labov, S. Ash, and C. Boberg, Atlas of North American English (Mouton de Gruyter, 2006: p. 122). Base map is Image:BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces.png by User:Astrokey44
Date	4 June 2006
Author	User:Angr
Permission	Base map is GFDL and CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0

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