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Re: I believe the term here is "Pshaw".

Posted By: Nyperold, on host 209.214.142.157
Date: Friday, November 29, 2002, at 16:54:58
In Reply To: Re: I believe the term here is "Pshaw". posted by Lucky Wizard on Friday, November 29, 2002, at 16:12:39:

> The article also mentioned that there are three sounds that *all* sound like "t"'s to English speakers, since English does not distinguish between them, but they sound like different sounds to a native speaker of Tamil, since the Tamil language does distinguish between them.

Oh wow. That makes me wonder if the Tet and the Tav of Hebrew originally had different sounds...

> Lucky "That was Experiment 2 in an article illustrating that the brain digitizes its perceptions." Wizard

Nyperold

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Re: I believe the term here is "Pshaw". - Fuzzpilz - Fri, 11/29/2002, 17:36:45

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Message:	> > The article also mentioned that there are three sounds that all sound like "t"'s to English speakers, since English does not distinguish between them, but they sound like different sounds to a native speaker of Tamil, since the Tamil language does distinguish between them. > > Oh wow. That makes me wonder if the Tet and the Tav of Hebrew originally had different sounds... > > > Lucky "That was Experiment 2 in an article illustrating that the brain digitizes its perceptions." Wizard > > Nyperold
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