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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 Mon, 08 May 2017 19:22:47 +0100, PAS <abc@doremi.net> wrote:

> On 5/5/2017 9:41 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> 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?
>
> "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.

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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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