Re: OT Van Gogh (was: Yogh in the news)

Hi!

Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> writes:
> On 1/16/06, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> > Dutch has a /v/ vs. /v_0/ vs. /f/ distinction (at least in many
> > dialects.  In others, mostly Southern, it's /w/ vs. /v/ vs. /f/,
> > IIRC).
>
> Do you know of a minimal pair for any pair, or even a minimal triplet?
I found a few with Google here:

   http://rudhar.com/fonetics/fvw.htm

E.g.:
   fier  [fi:R]    - proud
   vier  [v_0i:R]  - four
   wier  [vi:R]    - seeweed

(Note that final -/R/ has different pronunciations depending in
dialect, too.  The above is one if them I hope. :-))

**Henrik

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