Re: CHAT: minimal pair of English Interdentals
| From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 24, 2002, 22:33 |
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:39:38 -0500 Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
writes:
> "Karapcik, Mike" wrote:
> > ether (with [T]) vs. either (with [D])
> > ("ether" is the sedative, "either" is "one of two
> choices")
>
> Unless, of course, you say /ajDr=/
or you say /ETr=/...
> The list of minimal pairs differs by dialect, as has been discussed
> ad
> nauseum.
>
> 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.
i think that this is fairly common. i have /mAT/, /mADz/; /mawT/,
/mawDz/; /mVnT/, /mVnTs/; and /brET/, /brETs/ in my idiolect also.
Robert Wilson (aka Elentirno Perellar aka Kuvazokad)
http://kuvazokad.free.fr/
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I yessessë Eru ontanë Menel ar Cemen.
I yessessë ëa Quetta ar Quetta né as Eru ar Eru né Quetta.
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