| From: | Sanghyeon Seo <sanxiyn@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 1:34 |
> I'd want to ask if much languages distinguish long and short consonants > like if /na/ and /n:a/ would have different meanings as it would be of /na/ > and /na:/Doesn't English have this distinction? I can't think of a minimal pair, but /n/ in "penknife" is longer than /n/ in "penny". No? Oops, this is not a bait to start YAEPT. Seo Sanghyeon