Re: [ADS-L] All 40 USA English phonemes (Was Re: Eggcorn? "war n" > "worn")

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Nonsense. Elementary contrary evidence is found in scores of minimal pairs, 
e.g., "thin" and "thing."
Allophones by definition do not contrast in minimal pairs.

In a message dated 2/13/09 2:51:03 PM, truespel at HOTMAIL.COM writes:


> The front or velar n and back or alveolar n are just allophones of one 
> another. 
> 




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