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

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, July 17, 2003, 15:59
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 03:30:58PM +0100, Ian Spackman wrote:
> >I didn't think /x/ occurred in any English words, though, which would > >make it not an English phoneme. It's a common enough sound that most > >English speakers have heard it, but not in native words. > > > You don't consider loch an English word? (To take the most obvious > example.)
Ah, well, no, I don't. Or didn't. I thought "loch" was Scots Gaelic, not Scots English. If it's Scots English, then I withdraw my objection to the inclusion of /x/ as an English phoneme. :) -Mark

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