Re: [YAEPT] Question about consonants in English

Geijss (quoting Jeff Jones):
<<
> I'm afraid that definitely doesn't work for me. [bE:t] sounds like
> an emphasized
> version of "bet", while [bEd] is "bed" (and in fact I don't seem to
> lengthen the
> [E] very much; part of the extra length goes to the [d], despite
> the fact that
> the [d] is fully voiced).
>
It is the same for me, really. Lengthening a vowel is having a similar
use as italics have in text, noting this is important (though, used a
bit more often).
 >>

It's worth noting that linguists pretty universally disagree.  One
of the major characteristics of American English, at least, is long
vowels before voiced codas.  Additionally, it's voiceless stop
codas that are held longer than voiced stop codas.  That might
not be what one perceives, but it does seem to be the case when
things are measured and analyzed.  (Though, of course, there
isn't one "American" dialect; results may differ.)

-David
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