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Article #2582Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ]
From: George Robbins
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 12:35
Date: Fri, 24 May 1991 12:35
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In article <1991May23.083815.12755@pbs.org> btiffany@pbs.org writes:
>
> OK, five vowels and 14 vowel sounds.
>
> But if you're talking about the sounds vowels make, rather than the vowels
> themselves, I can't believe there are only 14. There must be many, many more.
> Maybe Peter Jennings uses only 14, but if you go to Maine...
Differences in pronunciation does not neccessarily expand the the number of
vowels from a linguistic viewpoint. Though the sounds may differ, the number
does not change much, nor to they create additional words nor consistant
distinctions between homonyns. There are exceptions...
> But there are 5 vowels. :-)
Sorry, where I come from, they taught the aeiou and sometimes y and w rule. 8-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ] Message-ID: <21880@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 24 May 91 12:35:09 GMT References: <1991Apr24.152455.22367@engage.enet.dec.com> <TMB.91May22102757@volterra.ai.mit.edu> <1991May22.141034.12747@pbs.org> <9864@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <1991May23.083815.12755@pbs.org> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 21