Re: [x] in English?

Daniel Andreasson wrote:
> Some people there (I've heard at least
> three people use it) use a voiceless
> velar fricative [x] instead of the stop [k] in
> word final positions.
> One example is the word 'back' which is pronounced
> [b&x].
Are you sure it's not [b&kx]?  Because I know some dialects use
affricates for stops in syllable-final position.

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