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

[Laurence Horn]

At 1:24 PM -0600 2/11/09, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>  >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

Right, I'd forgotten that.  Not for the first time, I hope none of my
intro students are lurking on the list when Tom's messages come in.

LH

>
>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.
>>  >
>>  > Neal
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>>  > From: "Tom Zurinskas" <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM>
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>>  > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 2:54 PM
>>  > 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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