Return of the minimal pairs

Robert Orr colkitto at sprint.ca
Wed May 23 12:24:07 UTC 2001


>"duinhewassel" /DIn at was@l/ (a Scots designation of minor
>nobility, variant of "duniewassal").

duniewassal (duine uasal) with a D?  Naaaa ......

and does acceptance of "dhal" as an English word imply all the other
letters of the Arabic alphabet as well? ('ain, qaf, etc.?)

Robert Orr



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