Re: retroflex consonants
| From: | Joe <joe@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 29, 2003, 6:50 |
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On Wednesday 29 January 2003 4:39 am, Tristan wrote:
> 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.
>
From my point of view, it isn't. Also, I found a minimal pair, I think:
'thistle'/TIsl=/ and 'this'll'/DIsl=/.