Re: CHAT: Phonemic status of English interdentals

Tristan scripsit:

> My aunt, now retired but formerly a Christian missionary/nurse in
> Thailand, told me a story of trying to teach some Muslim girls how to
> make the sound when teaching them English. Apparently it was very
> difficult to convince them to stick their tongues out for religious reasons.
/T/ and /D/ need not be interdental; making dental fricatives works fine,
though not as automatically.

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