Socialism is the gospel of envy.
Linguist John McWhorter in his latest podcast said that the "aw" sound of "caught" is on the way out, especially among the young. Thus, cot and caught are often said as "caht" and that it applies to other words, such as hawk and even the "Aww..." when you see some adorable photo.
It's called the "cot-caught" merger and even has a wiki page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger
Not I.
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