Re: CHAT: ConScripts
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 5, 2007, 11:43 |
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On 4.8.2007 Mark J. Reed wrote:
> In fluid speech the /t/ in "crafts" disappears for me. It seems to be
> more likely to survive in the plain word than in compounds like
> "craftsman", but only barely. Most of the time it's gone. Though not
> forgotten - the [s] at least *feels* a bit more dental than in, say,
> "carafes".
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>
Yes, you surely get what would be
narrowly transcribed as [cr_j&fs_d].
(Notice how CXS gets real ugly in narrow transcription! :-)
/BP 8^)>
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Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se
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