Re: pens (was Phoneme winnowing continues)
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 7, 2003, 15:32 |
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> > BTW, for me, the writing emplement "pen" is [pEn] - rhymes with "pet",
>but
> > the enclosure for animals "pen" is [pIn], rhymes with "pit".
>
>Rhymes?? You mean rhymes with 'Ben' and 'bin', right?
Hmm, there is a type of vocalic rhyme, though the name long escapes me.
"Ben" and "bin" serve just as well for the issue since I pronounce "Ben"
[bEn].
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