Re: pens (was Phoneme winnowing continues)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 8, 2003, 14:36 |
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On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 11:22:15AM +1000, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> [2]: In your dialect ['black ban'] may assonate perfectly. It doesn't it
> mine. 'dad' and 'bad' don't even rhyme in mine.
In mine, 'black ban' does assonate perfectly (although, as I mentioned
earlier, 'black bag' doesn't). What's the difference between the 'a's
in yours? And is it the same as the difference between "dad" and "bad"
(which are perfect rhymes in my speech)?
-Mark
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