Re: Not phonetic but IN CONCLUSION

Robert B Wilson wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:26:12 -0700 David Zitzelsberger
><DavidZ@...> writes:
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>>gh can only represent the f sound if it is both following ou and at
>>the of
>>the root word.
>>o in woman is a debatable
>>ti can only represent the sh sound if it is part of tion.
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>'gh' for /f/ occurs in 'laugh'... 'ti' for /S/ also occurs in 'tious'...
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Indeed.  We can, however, say for sure that 'gh' only occurs
morpheme-finally and post-vocalically,  as /f/.  And 'ti' only
represents /S/ bevore vowels. There is, however, a definite /I/ in
'women', at least in my lect.