On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 17:10 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 10:36 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > >>Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> > >>>On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:32:48 +0300 > >>>Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > phonemes. In my dialect of spoken English, the words "do" and > "dew" are distinguished by the use of the hard /d/ in the first, > and the palatal /dj/ in the second. Other dialects do not so > distinguish, pronouncing both /du/. I say /du/ and /dju/, > respectively.
If I'm reading correctly, you pronounce "dew" (condensed atmospheric moisture) and "Jew" the same way. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "This war will not be over by the next commercial break." US spokeperson talking to reporters during the Gulf War -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
