Re: Paul Bennett's linguistic history (was Re: Schwa and [V]: Learning the IPA)

On 6/18/06, Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> wrote:

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> I seem to  tap the Span. /r/ a little further back than my
> American VtV (definitely alveolar), so the sound in "para" (post-alveolar?)
> is way different from the sound in "potter" or "pot o' (gold)'; I don't do
> flapped d, but doubt it would be any closer. Not sure how IPA/CXS would
> distinguish the two. Using the American sound in Spanish gives a distinctly
> "wrong" impression to me, though I don't know how hispanophones would react.
>
I was trying to think of how they differ for me when I saw Roger's
post, which describes it perfectly IMO. I do exactly the same. I
mostly grew up in California, if that has any bearing. --larry