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133This page ranks the most commonly abused English words and phrases on the net. ~digs-12/7/2003
132caterina.net There's actually something weird about speaking and writing; tr~digs-12/7/2003
131Rasta/Patois Dictionary niceup.com~digs-12/6/2003
130Is Jamaican Patois a language? jamaicans.com~digs-12/6/2003
129Speak Jamaican jamaicans.com~digs-12/6/2003
128from the urban legends reference pages... Claim: The County of Los Angeles ha~digs-11/27/2003
127Phonological Atlas of North America ling.upenn.edu~digs-11/26/2003
126Near-Extinct 'Whistling Language' Returns apnews.myway.com~digs-11/17/2003
125sibilants ------------------------------------------------- sounds that have a ~digs-11/15/2003
124sonorants ------------------------------------------------- produced w/ a relat~digs-11/15/2003
123obstruents ------------------------------------------------ produced w/ an obst~digs-11/15/2003
122flapping -------------------------------------------------- a form of weakening~digs-11/15/2003
121aspiration ------------------------------------------------ a form of strengthe~digs-11/15/2003
120'h' deletion ---------------------------------------------- 'h'~digs-11/15/2003
119schwa insertion ------------------------------------------- insert schwa betwee~digs-11/15/2003
118voiceless stop insertion ---------------------------------- between a nasal con~digs-11/15/2003
117voicing assimilation -------------------------------------- the sound used to m~digs-11/15/2003
116palatal assimilation -------------------------------------- these five consonan~digs-11/15/2003
115alveolar stop assimilation -------------------------------- alveolar stops assi~digs-11/15/2003
114weakening --------------------------------------------- rule causes a sound to ~digs-11/15/2003
113strengthening --------------------------------------------- rule causes sounds ~digs-11/15/2003
112deletion --------------------------------------------- rule causes a sound to b~digs-11/15/2003
111insertion ------------------------------------------------- rule causes a segme~digs-11/15/2003
110dissimilation --------------------------------------------- rule causes two sou~digs-11/15/2003
109assimilation --------------------------------------------- rule causes a sound ~digs-11/15/2003
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