mints pie? axe of God? religious tracks? Prints of Wales?

Lal Zimman zimman at SFSU.EDU
Sun May 8 00:16:35 UTC 2005


Laurence Horn wrote:

>Nice, although not quite as memorable as Bloomfield's minimal pair
>for juncture, "catch it" vs. "cat shit".  I also recall (although not
>the source) "night rate", "nigh trait", and "Nye trait", although
>maybe I'm misremembering because I don't see now how the latter two
>were supposed to contrast, and in any case not as...catchy as
>Bloomfield's example.
>
>
Maybe it was "night rate" vs. "nitrate"?


-Lal



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