Return of the minimal pairs

Rick Mc Callister rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Sat May 26 20:14:57 UTC 2001


[snip]

dhal, however is /dhal/ rather than /Dal/ --if you're talking about Indian food

>Ah, splendid, and many thanks.  These words are not in my desk dictionary,
>and I didn't know them -- and me a Scrabble-player, too.  I happen to know
>that 'dhal' is legal in British tournament Scrabble in another sense.  I
>don't know if the second is, but I don't suppose I'll ever get a chance to
>play it anyway.  Can't recall the last time I played a 12-letter word.

>Larry Trask

Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701



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