Re: [wEr\ Ar\ ju: fr6m] ? Am I right??

From: "SuomenkieliMaa" <suomenkieli@...>
> > Personally:  ["stSrVD@`z], where [r] is "American
> > r".
>
> Why the [S]?? I thought [S] is like sh in _sheet_??
It is.

> Are you German?
Hardly.
German would probably start it with [Str].

In my speech [t] and [d] go to [tS] and [dZ] before [r].
So the only difference between "truck" and "Chuck", or "drain" and "Jane" is the
[r] (that, and a little bit of anticipatory rounding).


    *Muke!

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