Re: CHAT: minimal pair of English Interdentals

Muke Tever wrote:

> > Does anyone here speak a dialect which has both of those
> > pronbounced the same?
>
>Someone [foreign, whose post I can't find at the moment] mentioned that the
>difference between their /f/ and /v/ was mostly fortis/lenis rather than
>voiced/unvoiced.
Thas was me. Swedish voiced consonants tend to be not, especially
word-finally. However, among the stops it's normally aspiration which's the
most significant, and /f/ is the only non-stop that's got a "voiced"
counterpart.

>Last night I developed a hypothesis that Australian does the same thing
>with /T/
>and /D/, which my brain came up with as an explanation for why at least two
>or
>three Australians on this list had trouble finding the 'voicing' in /D/.
>Does
>that sound plausible?
>
>Anyway, I reeeeeally think English interdentals belong in the FAQ.
Me too. Therefore, I propose that you write up something and send it tp
Peter Clark! And obviously, with me being a furriner you can't argue I
should do the job! :-)

                                            Andreas

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