[Ads-l] Minimal pair for English /t ͡ʃ/ vs. /tʃ/

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Wed Mar 29 01:56:01 UTC 2017


I do like "nacho" vs. "not show".

Mark, who also likes nachos...and noshes

On Mar 28, 2017 1:29 PM, "Ben Zimmer" wrote:


There's also "ratchet" vs. "rat shit", which is no good either, I suppose.
In a sci.lang discussion some years ago, Nathan Sanders suggested "the
catchy titles" vs. "the cat she titles". Or how about "nacho" vs. "not
show", as blogged by Neal Whitman?

https://literalminded.wordpress.com/2006/01/10/i-love-not-shows/

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