Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals

Muke Tever scripsit:

> Except possibly some Greek borrowings such as <mythos>, <pathos>.
I meant that /D/ occurs only intervocalically and in the other two cases,
not that /T/ cannot occur in those contexts.

> And possibly <rhythmic> but I'm not sure what exactly that proves.
Yes, this is a genuine exception.

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