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For some people "being it" [biŋɪt] and "be hit" [bihɪt] are minimal pairs. I can't think of any vowels that can both come at the ends of words and before [ŋ] in
by taejo 7y ago
For some people "being it" [biŋɪt] and "be hit" [bihɪt] are minimal pairs. I can't think of any vowels that can both come at the ends of words and before [ŋ] in my own speech, though.
- jefftk 7y agoEnglish has juncture, so "the grey tape" and "the great ape" are also distinct. We'd write your two as [biŋ+ɪt] and [bi+hɪt].