Re: initial /dr/ & /tr/
From: | Eric Christopherson <rakko@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, November 21, 2007, 5:50 |
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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