Re: CONLANG pitch accent (was Re: NATLANG: pitch accent question)

Ka kavaka Tristan:

<<[1]: You mightn't realise it, but either you use less /z/s than we do,
our you make your /z/ differently from us, so it has the affect of
making it look like the distinction between /z/ and /s/ isn't as strong
as it could be.>>

We realize it.   Except in rare situations, the distinguishing factor between
/s/ and /z/ in most dialects of American English is the force of the air
(stronger for /z/), and the narrowness of the closure (narrower for /z/).

-David