All 40 USA English phonemes (Was Re: Eggcorn? "warn" > "worn")

Mark Mandel thnidu at GMAIL.COM
Wed Feb 11 17:06:19 UTC 2009


That quick beige fox jumped in the air over each thin dog.  Look out,
I shout, for he's foiled  you again.

t    that out shout
d  dog  foiled
s  fox
z  he's
T  thin
D  that
n  thin
l  look
r  for -- but not in r-less dialects

Da*ng*it, you misled me!  You had me looki*ng* for apicals.

Mark Mandel


On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> I think a phoneme is missing. Am I wrong? Dang, I know it's something; it's
> on the tip of my tongue.
>
> Neal

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