Re: Sonority of 'h'?

Amanda Babcock scripsit:

> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 04:59:25PM +0200, Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>
> > In English, glottal consonants can appear only
> > initially. It's true about [h], but also about [?] (which appears in front
> > of words which seem to begin with a vowel).
>
> Well, this sure explains a lot!  Thanks!
I don't think it's true.  In (normative) German, all initial vowels are
preceded by [?], and this is something that my German teacher (who
happened to be my mother) emphasized in her elementary classes as a
significant difference.

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