Wayne Brown ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: I really enjoy this sort of thing, too.  The similarities between sounds like
: 'p' and 'b' or 'l' and 'r' (or 'f' and 'v' and 'w') also help explain the
: characteristic accents of various nationalities (such as the Oriental tendency
: to switch 'l' and 'r' in English words).

I can't help pointing out that this similarity is reflected in
Gregg shorthand.  The strokes for 'p' and 'b' are identical except
for size.  Likewise for 'l' and 'r', and for 'f' and 'v'.

Walter