| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 14, 2001, 17:26 |
In a message dated 10/14/01 5:42:39 AM, irina@VALDYAS.ORG writes:
<< (I'd probably hear 'alien nation' as 'alienation' in
the first case) >>
HEY!!! That's a minimal pair with alveolar nasal stop and alveolar nasal
tap! Let's see if I can transcribe:
"alien nation": ['e5ijIneSIn]
"alienation": ['e5lijIn_ReSIn]
(I'm using [n_R] for a nasal tap--what's the symbol?)
-David
| Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |