Re: CHAT: minimal pair of English Interdentals

"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=/

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.

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