Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution)

From	PAS <abc@doremi.net>
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Subject	Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution)
Date	2017-05-08 14:15 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 5/4/2017 3:12 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:57:12 +0100, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> 
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:40:08 -0400, Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> There are between 37 and 44 phonemes in English, depending on which
>>> dialects you speak (and how the phonemes are counted). A phoneme is a
>>> sound that contrasts with another to make a different word, eg
>>> bull/pull, bull/ball/bell/bale/etc. The main difference between 
>>> dialects
>>> is the number of vowels. Eg, in "John went to marry merry Mary", I say
>>> three different vowels in those last three words, while an American 
>>> will
>>> likely use the same vowel for all.
>>
>> I am what you called American and those three words sound identical to
>> me. ;-)
>
> How the fuck do you guys communicate with each other with so few vowel 
> sounds?  If all the words sound the same....

They don't all sound the same, maybe to him it does but they don't to 
most of us.  They each have a distinctive sound.

>
>>> It helps to speak two or more languages.
>>
>> I'm not fluent in any other language, but I speak a small bit of German,
>> Spanish, and Tagalog.
>
> Never even heard of Tagalog.  Is it from Star Trek or something?
>

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Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:12 +0100
  Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-04 15:21 -0400
  Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2017-05-04 19:27 -0500
    Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-05 14:41 +0100
      Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2017-05-08 14:22 -0400
        Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-05-08 11:37 -0700
        Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-08 19:58 +0100
          Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-05-08 12:03 -0700
  Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) PAS <abc@doremi.net> - 2017-05-08 14:15 -0400
    Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-08 20:00 +0100

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