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| From | Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system, alt.cellular-phone-tech |
| Subject | Re: Phonemes (was Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution) |
| Date | 2017-05-08 12:03 -0700 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <oeqfdc$1poh$3@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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On 2017-05-08 11:58 AM, James Wilkinson Sword 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.... >>>> >>>> It's that thing called context. >>> >>> So basically you have to make up for your retarded facial muscles by >>> working out what people meant to say. Some words are absurd in >>> American, like "mirror" becomes "myrrh" - seriously, why do you guys >>> have such a problem with simple sounds? Do you not go to school and >>> learn to speak? >> >> "Mirror" pronounced like "myrrh"? Is that like "cup of" pronounced as >> "cuppa"? Or "two pence" pronounced as "tuppence"? > > No, because your two examples keep the double syllable. > They just miss pronounce them... ...and the typical UK pronunciation of "laboratory" drops a syllable, right?
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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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