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

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On Fri, 05 May 2017 01:27:20 +0100, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:

> On Thu, 04 May 2017 20:12:47 +0100, "James Wilkinson Sword"
> <imvalid@somewear.com> 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....
>
> 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?

> Remember, we talked about that recently?
> At the time, you had no idea what context meant, but you should know
> about it now.

I've always known what context means.

>>>> 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?
>
> There are a lot of ignorant people, but few who wear it as proudly as
> you do.

Why should I be interested in some silly little language nobody uses?

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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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