minimal pairs

[petegray]

Larry said:
> ...'bath' as a verb, as in
> 'bath the baby'.  This, I believe, is unknown in American English,
> and perhaps in all other varieties of English.

It's also common in NZ-speak (which shows strong influence from both UK &
USA)

> Another aside.  While a blacksmith's shop is a 'smithy', with edh,

Often also with -th-, despite the dictionaries.  (I have never heard it
with -dh!)

Peter