Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 17:08:45 -0400 Jake X <starvingpoet@...>
writes:
>
> I have long claimed to have a minimal pair on vowel length for
> the two spellings of the name /dZan/.  I hear John as [dZa:n]
> and Jon as [dZan].  I told this to my friend Jon, but he just thinks
> I'm being silly.  Do you think this distinction comes from a
> knowledge
> of a missing vowel in the first but not the second?  I can't
> remember
> having the distinction before I knew the name in other languages,
> such as Johann or something, but before I knew it in other languages
> I would probably not recognize minimal pairs in my idiolect ;-).
i know someone named caitlyn who claims she can tell how someone spells
her name when they say it (like if they use 'k' instead of 'c' or 'i'
instead of 'y')... i haven't heard 'john' or 'jon' much, since i know
about eight people named 'john' and two named jon (we use nicknames a
lot)

> Jake
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