Re: initial /dr/ & /tr/

On Nov 19, 2007, at 5:55 PM, Henrik Theiling wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Reilly Schlaier writes:
>> i pronounce them as [dZr] and [tSr]
>> anybody else do that?
>
> I am sure you mean [tSr\]?  (The rhotic is not an alveolar trill, as
> you wrote, is it?)
>
> If so, probably many do that.  The [Z] and [S] are epenthetic sounds
> that creep in because the [r\] is probably a postalveolar approximant
> for you, i.e., it is pronounced just where the [Z] and [S] are.
There are also a lot of people (in the US at least) who pronounce /
str/ as [Str\].

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