Re: CHAT: cultural interpretation [was Re: THEORY: language and the brain]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 19:05:05 +0200 Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
writes:
> Quoting Roger Mills <romilly@...>:
> > Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > > Also, it seems to me that Englishers tend to hear [dZ_0] as /dZ/
> rather
> > > than /tS/. Nativers?
> > >
> > As in......?  example, please.
> It seems that if I say [eIdZ_0], native English speakers tend to
> hear this as "age", not "aitch".
> Reminds me, is /tS/ supposed to be aspirated in English?
>                                                         Andreas
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I think so.  Interestingly enough though, i find it much easier to
pronounce non-aspirated [tS] than non-aspirated [p t k].


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