Pronunciation of "malware"

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jun 6 17:09:46 UTC 2013


JB:  <<<Meaning "minimal pairs (triplets)"?>>>
WB:  Minimal set: {Mal [ash]: mall/maul [awe] : moll [ah]}. <Mal> being
short for <Malcolm>. OTOH, fair wear & tear on a lion's scratching post
could be called <maulwear>.

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