Precisely. Apparently I'm a bit Irish after all.
Alatar wrote: Whereas for me, font and faun do not rhyme. One is a short O, the other a long Aw. This is why accents don't work on the internet. Every word I can think of that is pronounced like font will get that same long aw in most American accents. Even the word On, you Guys pronounce as Awn.
ETA: Are we running into the cot/caught distinction (or lack thereof) here? As I recall, the boundary for that thing runs right between Michigan and Indiana/Ohio.
Edit again: Pretty close