Re: USAGE: THEORY/USAGE: RE: [CONLANG] A discourse on

John Cowan:
> And Rosta scripsit:
>
> > bade : bad
>
> These are exact homonyms for me ([b&d]), though many say [beId] for "bade",
> presumably a spelling pron.
But, ObConlangishly, they were cited independently (of me) also by
John Fisher, of Elet Anta, whose presence on this list is missed. IIRC
he has a (near-)RP accent, like me. Other minimal pairs that work for
me are madder (brown) : madder (more mad), gladden (iris) : gladden
(make glad), lagging (insulation) : lagging (dawdling), possibly
can (verb) : can (noun). AFAIK these sorts of contrast do not occur
systematically within any single accent, but do occur sporadically
among speakers who have phonetic lengthening of /&/ in some environments.

--And.

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