Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> Muke Tever wrote:
> > I think it proves that (at least in her dialect) [D] is an allophone of [T]
> > (just as, say, [d] is an allophone of [z] in "doesn't")
>
> Hunh?  How is [d] an allophone of /z/?
Some people, including me some of the time, say [Idnt] for "isn't" and
[dVdnt] for "doesn't.

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John Cowan       http://www.ccil.org/~cowan        <jcowan@...>
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  `Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)