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Re: /s/ -> /h/ [was: Re: Betreft: Re: k(w)->p]

From:Rob Nierse <rnierse@...>
Date:Friday, January 28, 2000, 12:34
>>> yl-ruil <yl-ruil@...> 01/28 12:48 >>>
From: Raymond Brown
> Absolutely - both sounds are voicless fricatives.
<snip>. H is *not* a voiceless fricative, it's a voiceless glottal approximant. -----> What is this about voiceless h? In Dutch h is voiced, in German it is voiced, in English the onset is voiceless, but then it get voiced too. Am I wrong? Rob