Re: OT: Artlanging is now mainstream
| From: | Paul Kershaw <ptkershaw@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 20, 2009, 2:01 |
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> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> > I also assume affricates are not included, as there are plenty of
> > minimal pairs there... (badge/batch...)
Also with sibilants: face/phase, race/raise, sip/zip, puce/pews, close (adj)/close
(v), and the infamous misspelling of "loose" for "lose."
Of course, (in English) vowels become long before voiced consonants, so most of
these are [CVs] vs. [CV:z], so a bit of static there.
-- Paul