Re: THEORY: h huffnpuffery (was: RE: varia)
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 5, 2000, 5:24 |
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Nik Taylor scripsit:
> Then how can I hear [l_0] in [pl_0ej]?
I think that when I say "play", what comes out in fact involves a voiceless
lateral *fricative*. The initial [ph] and the devoiced [l] mix to
create frications.
Historically, Welsh words with initial "ll" have gone into English
with "fl", which is essentially "pl" with no occlusion, so perhaps
this habit is not merely idiosyncratic.
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