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But a phoneme isn't just any two letters in a name. It's two letters that, when put together, make a specific sound. So the phoneme 'll' makes a 'ull' sound (think puzzle, apple, etc). In English, a S and a H together make the phoneme 'sh.' And so on. There is no 'll' phoneme in Lyle Lovett!
The fact that CK doesn't know this bloke, coupled with the phoneme nonsense he appears to spout, makes me disinclined to trust his book!