Re: CHAT: minimal pair of English Interdentals

 --- Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> wrote: > On
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 21:33:45 -0500 Nik Taylor
> <yonjuuni@...>
> writes:
> > bnathyuw wrote:
> > > jam [dZ&m] sweet pectinised (?!) fruit spread
> > > jam [dZ&:\m] static build up of traffic
> > >
> > > i'm pretty sure i make this distinction. do
> other
> > > people ?
> >
> > Never even knew there *could* be a distinction.
> They're complete
> > homophones for me.
>
> i make this distinction ([dZ&m] vs. [dZ&:\m]) also.
> i'm not sure why, i
> think of them as the same word.
>
it's weird isn't it. one of those phenomena where you
never think it could be possible until you try, and
then think 'why didn't i ever notice ?'

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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