Re: OT: English and schizophrenia

> Date:         Sun, 12 Aug 2001 14:14:00 -0400
> From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
>
> Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote
> >Try <bredde>-<brede> in Danish. I don't know what the pronunciation
> >guide in your dictionary says, but my ears say that they are a minimal
> >pair for /d/-/D/.
>
> If I had a Danish pronounciation guide, I'd be able to tell you what it
> said. My knowledge of Danish is basically what you get from being a Swede
> with a general interest in languages.
Right. You're excused, then, because as I said, intervocalic <d> is
usually pronounced by the rule: /d/ after short vowel, /D/ after long,
and that's probably what you picked up.

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)