Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals

Quoth David Starner:

> On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 07:00:51PM -0700, Josh Brandt-Young wrote:
>> I was thinking about our discussion some time ago of whether [T] and [D]
>> should be considered separate phonemes in English, citing "minimal pairs"
>> and whatnot, and decided to do a test on my (non-linguistically-savvy)
>> girlfriend to see what I could see.
>
> What dialect/accent do you and her speak? I would think the answer
> depends a lot on what dialect of English you're talking about.
I'm from Seattle originally, which is a strange enclave of a somewhat
midwesternish dialect; she's from New Jersey.

I'd be curious to hear the results of this or similar tests on other
non-linguists you have access to...any takers?


-Josh

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Josh Brandt-Young <vionau@...>
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