>>the “aw” sound in words like “coffee” (cawfee), <<

I've always heard and said, cawfee. And I ain't no Brooklynite.

>>sound<<

Which is what I was saying about the transition from used to to use to. The loss of the "d". It's silent in speech. [crossthreading a bit]

>> yet *clearly divides the city into north side/south side baseball teams... <<


You mean there's a baseball team on the North side, too??