Re: CHAT: minimal pair of English Interdentals

 --- Muke Tever <mktvr@...> wrote: > From:
"bnathyuw" <bnathyuw@...>
> > --- Muke Tever <mktvr@...> wrote:
> > > I still like "arrhythmology" vs. "arithmology"
> ([D]
> > > vs. [T], "study of abnormal
> > > heartbeat" and "study of numbers").
> > >
> >
> > hmmm. i'ld say /@,rID'mQl@dZi/ and
> /,&rIT'mQl@dZi/,
> > which aren't minimal. but that's because
> 'arithmology'
> > is a much more familiar word than arrhythmology,
> so i
> > stress it as a word in itself, whilst
> arrhythmology i
> > stress according to how i pronounce arrhythmia
> > (/@'rIDmi@/)
>
> Odd.  First off 'cause I'd expect arrhythmology to
> be more familiar than
> arithmology, but mainly because I don't think I
> would have put an [&] in
> arithmology.  Is that a quirk of UK's quirky quirky
> stress system, or of my own
> understanding of English?
probably a quirk, but quite a regular quirk in greek
words /,pili'Ql@dZi/, /,&nTr@'pQl@dZi/ &c

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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