Re: /p/ versus devoiced b?

On Sunday, January 28, 2001, at 12:07 PM, Marcus Smith wrote:

> Voiceless and voiced consonants differ in more than just vocal chord
> vibration (voicing). One major difference is "voice onset time" (VOT).
> Voiceless consonants have a longer period of voicelessness before the
> voicing of the vowel begins than do the voiced consonants: this is the
> aspiration.
Is this how you can still tell the difference between English B & P even
when whispering?

Phonetically uneducated,
Andy

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