Personally, the closest I could come up with was the pen/pin distinction (unless I concentrate on it, I pronounce both words the same way.) I'm pretty sure tha

Personally, the closest I could come up with was the pen/pin distinction (unless I concentrate on it, I pronounce both words the same way.) I'm pretty sure that fiat English is natural English for somebody, because any unnatural rules (like not ending a sentence with a preposition) will disappear eventually.