Re: x > f sound change

David Peterson wrote:

> << Since your refering to pronunciation, I guess you meant
> [ga"rA:x], [ga"rA:f]? In any case, in my dialect this word
> is [ga"rA:s`], and I'd find your son's pronunciation really
> odd. We-ell, that's what we've got dialects for, isn't it? >>
>     Is there no one who pronounces it [grA:dZ] or [grA:Z]?
Not in Swedish. It's either [x] (in the south) or [s`] (central
and north) or [f] (BPJ's kid) at the end.

||| daniel