Re: Aspirated stops vs. fricatives (was Re: Tit'xka (Pretty Long Post))
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 29, 1998, 23:22 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
> /p/, /t/, and /k/ are generally aspirated in English except after /s/,
> so (AFAIK) the k in "kill" and the ck in "pack" are the same: [kIl]
> [p&k]. But notice that "skill" is [sk_hIl].
Not so. kill = [k_hIl], skill = [skIl], pack = [p&k]. The /k/ in skill
and the /k/ in pack aren't quite the same either. I'm not sure exactly
what the difference is, tho, but there is a subtle difference.