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| From | "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, 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 20:00 +0100 |
| Organization | ~ |
| Message-ID | <op.yzxoeil7js98qf@red.lan> (permalink) |
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On Mon, 08 May 2017 19:15:48 +0100, PAS <abc@doremi.net> wrote: > 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. What makes me really laugh is you say "zee" for the letter Z. Sounds like a child's name for it. As in "Whoopee!" etc. >>>> 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? >> > > -- Any god who requires worship is not worth being worshipped.
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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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