Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals

In a message dated 10/9/02 11:59:18 AM, joe@WANTAGE.COM writes:

>> You may certainly be right. I however, never hear /f/ and /v/ for /T/
>and
>> /D/, except in references to the speech of some Black people or
>> African-Americans (the second term is used more often, but the first
>seems
>> to me more accurate for what people MEAN when they say the second, as
>they
>> are not usually including Egyptian-American Arabs and South
>> African-American Whites, for example [not meaning to start a whole
>> discussion or flamefest on race or anything]). Of course, /f/ and /v/
>may
>> spread in the future, but for now, the interdentals seem pretty secure
>> here.
>>
>>
>
>You don't live in England, do you?
>
>You hear things like 'something' being pronounced /s@mfINk/
Nope, I live in New York, and never hear that. The most I hear is sometimes
someone'll say /smuv/ instead of /smuD/, trying to be funny.


Josh Roth
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