Re: OT: Definitely Not YAEPT: English phoneme inventory?

Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> Hearing a distinction doesn't make it phonemic.  Show me a minimal pair. :)
I hear the distinction between [h] and [N] in English fine.  Show me a
minimal pair.  :-)

--
John Cowan  jcowan@reutershealth.com  www.reutershealth.com  www.ccil.org/~cowan
I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them
alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag
went over me.  I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am
Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.  --Bilbo to Smaug