| From: | Andrew Chaney <adchaney@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 29, 2001, 16:38 |
on 29/06/2001 10:28, Muke Tever at alrivera@SOUTHERN.EDU wrote:>> ===== Original Message From cinga@GMX.NET ===== >> I can't think of a minimal pair right now, since [@] is always in >> unstressed positions and [V] isn't (since it's [@] when unstressed, like >> many other phonemes). > > But some function words are often unstressed. Maybe 'but' vs. 'butt'. > > *Muke! >"But" and "butt" have the same pronounciation. andy. adchaney@louisiana.edu http://adc.htmlplanet.com/