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Re: Request for help, Spanish

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 1:22
FFlores wrote:
> Indeed /d/ is [D] > practically everywhere in Spanish; only /nd/ is [nd] (maybe also > /ld/)
That's what my Spanish-English dictionary says in the pronunciation guide. Same with /g/ and /b/. Indeed, it's probably more accurate to say that they're /B/, /D/, and /G/
> BTW it's not as pronounced as English /D/ -- it's much > softer, almost a dental approximant. Does that even exist?
Probably just as regular edh with the "more open" diacritic. -- "Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." -- Joseph Wood Krutch http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor