Re: USAGE: [YAEPT] (was Re: "To whom")

Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> wrote:
> I don't know that the glottal stop is phonemic (and I've heard evidence
> that the phoneme for US [4] is actually /t/, so 'meddle' and 'mettle'
> are both homophones as (what I suppose is) /mEtl=/, contrary to
> intuition).
What's the evidence for making it /t/?  Usually it's described as part
of the /d/ phoneme, as they still contrast before /n=/:
     mitten /mItn=/ (probably [mIt_}n=] or [mi?n=])
     midden /mIdn=/ (maybe [mi4n=], but probably [mId_}n=])


	*Muke!
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