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Subject: Re: Umlaute [was: naive (...question about uncial...) ]
Message-ID: <1991May23.104926.12756@pbs.org>
Date: 23 May 91 10:49:26 EDT
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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