Re: retroflex consonants

Joseph Fatula wrote:

>It is phonemic, "teeth" and "teethe" being an example.  Same for "wreath"
>and "wreathe".
>
So explain to me why it was easier to tell the difference between the
/8u/ in /st8ul/ and /st8un/ than the /T/ and /D/ in this and thin? ...
But this is probably a forbidden discussion hereabouts.

Tristan.

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