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Article #2572Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ]
From: btiffany
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 14:49
Date: Thu, 23 May 1991 14:49
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In article <1991May23.112541*cindy@solan.unit.no>, cindy@solan.unit.no (Cindy Kandolf) writes: > bruce: calm down... Whew!! OK, since it's you who's saying it ... :-) > ... remember each vowel letter in english on its own comes > in two varieties, long and short. that makes ten right there. Yeah, 10 SOUNDS. 5 vowels, 10 vowel sounds. > ... 14 isn't all that high if you > remember we're talking about -sounds-, not spelling. Right. In fact, as I already said, I bet there are a lot more than 14! I understand what they're talking about now: vowel sounds. Anybody wanna guess how many consonant sounds we have? (Not I!) -- Bruce
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!pbs.org!btiffany From: btiffany@pbs.org Newsgroups: comp.fonts,soc.culture.german Subject: Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ] Message-ID: <1991May23.104926.12756@pbs.org> Date: 23 May 91 10:49:26 EDT References: <1991Apr24.152455.22367@engage.enet.dec.com><TMB.91May22102757@volterra.ai.mit.edu><1991May22.141034.12747@pbs.org> <1991May23.112541*cindy@solan.unit.no> Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA Lines: 21