minimal pairs

[Brent J. Ermlick]

On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 10:10:19AM +0000, Eduard Selleslagh wrote:
> 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,...).

I believe that the "th" in Goethe and Luther (which I've also seen
as Ludher) is an orthographic survival of the dental fricatives
in German.

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