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

Scot LaFaive slafaive at GMAIL.COM
Wed Feb 11 19:24:22 UTC 2009


>There's no ng, as in sing.

That's because, if I remember right, Tom doesn't recognize that as a
phoneme. I believe we had this discussion once where some of us tried to
tell him that it isn't /n/ + /g/ but /ng/.

Scot

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Aja Pollak <alaurie at comcast.net> wrote:

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> There's no ng, as in sing.
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> Aja
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> > I think a phoneme is missing. Am I wrong? Dang, I know it's something;
> > it's
> > on the tip of my tongue.
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> > Neal
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> > From: "Tom Zurinskas" <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
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> > Subject: Re: Eggcorn? "warn" > "worn"
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> >> Here's a good sentence to use that I made up containing all 40 USA
> >> English
> >> phonemes.
> >>
> >> That quick beige fox jumped in the air over each thin dog.  Look out, I
> >> shout, for he's foiled  you again.
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