Re: Phonology question

At 15:15 -0500 13.7.1999, Patrick Dunn wrote:

>The tip arches up.  Make the /t/ sound, then relax and drop the center of
>your tongue until you get a fricative.
>
Unless it sounds anything like an English "sh" it's definitely the
Icelandic "thorn" sound, i.e. laminal alveolar fricative.  I read somewhere
of a similar sound occurring as an allophone of /t/ in some Irish and Irish
English dialects.  Does this ring a bell for someone?

/BP

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