minimal pairs

[Eduard Selleslagh]

[LT]

>There are also a couple of miscellaneous nasties, like 'asthma'
>and 'thyme', and, in Britain, 'Anthony'. These, in spite of their
>spelling and in spite of their classical origin, fail to contain
>any dental fricatives at all.

>Larry Trask

[Ed]

Note that 'Anthony', 'author' etc. are a class apart: the English spelling
does not correspond to Latin spelling, which has 't': Antonius, auctor...I
guess the th-spelling reflects an older English spelling rule for aspirated
t (like in German, cf. Goethe, Luther,...).

Ed. Selleslagh