> An interesting thing I noticed a while back: some -th final words in my
> idiolect use /Dz/ in the plural, for example:
>
> Moth (/mAT/) - Moths (/mADz/)
> Mouth (/mawT/) - Mouths (/mawDz/)
>
> But not all, for example:
> Months (/mVnT/) - Months (/mVnTs/)
> Breath - Breaths (/brET/ - /brETs/)
>
> I believe that the /T/-/D/ alternation is a rare phenomenon in my
> idiolect.
Hmmm... I do that sometimes too.... maybe it isn't so rare. I think that
phenomenon parallels wife and wives, for example.
>Nik Taylor
Jake