Re: Langmaker down since January?
| From: | Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 13:43 |
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On 10/06/08 19:33:27, MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM wrote:
>
> In a message dated 6/10/2008 02:53:01 AM Central Daylight Time,
> conlang@CASSOWARY.ORG writes:
>
>
> > Now, I assume that "chassis" is [S&sI] in the singular and [S&sIz]
> in
> > the plural. ... so, is thesis/theses are [s z] minimal pair, making
> them
> > [Ti:sIs] and [Ti:sIz] ? or are theses/chassis(pl.) not really
> parallel
> > for them?
> >
> > --
> > Tristan.
> >
>
> I say and hear [tS&si:] and [tS&si:z], which is different from
> [Ti:sIs]/[Ti:si:z].
> (I hope I got the symbols right. I'm not used to using them.)
But then you clearly don't speak (possibly conservative) RP. I know
there exist dialects in which "parted" and "partied" are homophones. My
question was directed solely at people who know anything about them.
--
Tristan.
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