--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The tones as phonemes business is overrated in my opinion. The difference between "shit" and "sheet" is huge to a speaker of English.
------------------ In the film "Spanglish", when Flor Moreno (Paz Vega) introduced herself to John Clasky (Adam Sandler), she had to repeat her name several times, because he kept hearing it like "floor". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371246/