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Re: CHAT: minimal pair of English Interdentals

From:Muke Tever <mktvr@...>
Date:Saturday, October 26, 2002, 0:59
From: "Jake X" <alwaysawake247@...>
> > thistle [Tisl] vs this'll [Disl] > Don't you mean ['TIsl=] and ['Disl=] (::smirks at having bragged over > recently acquired X-Sampa, or has he?::)
For X-SAMPA you want ["] for the primary stress mark, not ['], which is palatalization. (But yes, ['] is a common alternative, like [&] for [{].) So ["TIsl=] vs. ["DIsl=]. *Muke! -- http://www.frath.net/