On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:36:40 -0700, David J. Peterson
><dedalvs@...> wrote:
>Carsten wrote:
>>Look at the following:
< http://web.ku.edu/idea/readings/comma.htm >
>> -- Does anybody know whether something like this exists as well for
>>German?
>Okay, I have to ask: Is there some joke at the end of this story
>I'm missing, or is the story's sole purpose to illustrate the
>phonemes of English in varying environments and combinations
>for the purposes of elicitation (e.g., a North Wind and the Sun
>type of story)?
>-David
I'm pretty sure it's the second choice; use each English phoneme in several
different combinations and environments.