Re: Langmaker down since January?

David J. Peterson wrote:
> Plural of "thesis" is "theses".  So "chassis" would be "chasses".
Hey wait, in possibly conservative RP unstressed i/e is [I] and -y is
... also [I], even when it's got inflexions after it. So "parted" and
"partied" are homophones [pA:tId], yet "batted" and "battered" are not
[b&tId] vs [b&t@d]. (I in Australian English distinguish [pa:4@d] and
[pa:4id], but not batted/battered [b&4@d].)

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.

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