All 40 USA English phonemes (Was Re: Eggcorn? "warn" > "worn")

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Feb 11 18:38:48 UTC 2009


At 12:12 PM -0500 2/11/09, Mark Mandel wrote:
>That quick beige fox jumped in the air over each thin dog.  Look out,
>I shout, for he's foiled  you again.
>
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>Da*ng*it, you misled me!  You had me looki*ng* for apicals.
>
>Mark Mandel

Uh-oh, I think there might be another couple which he missed.

LH

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>On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net> wrote:
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>>  I think a phoneme is missing. Am I wrong? Dang, I know it's something; it's
>>  on the tip of my tongue.
>>
>>  Neal
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