At 01:11 -0500 2.8.1999, Tom Wier wrote:
>Nik Taylor wrote:
>
>> Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
>> > Heh. Have a go at my name, please (christian name and surname). I'd
>> > love to see what people think I'm called.
>> > Lars Mathiesen
>>
>> [lA(r)z 'mATis@n], [lA(r)z m@'Tis@n], or [lA(r)z 'mAT@s@n]?
>
>I don't think any of the Scandinavian languages have [T] anymore.
Icelandic does!
>
>If it were German, it would be [la:(@)s ma't_hi:z@n]. But I have no idea
>if any of the Scandinavian languages have final devoicing. Or what I presume
>to be prevocalic voicing of <s>, for that matter.
No and no.
/BP
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