Re: CHAT: An introduction

[an'dr\e@s r\oUt]:
> The, well, variable indication of vocalic length is probably part of the
> explanation. Perhaps to the way how |s| indicates both /s/ and /z/, but I
> really don't know.
But the /s/ and /z/ thing is regular!
(Incidentally, my first two years of German were taught by someone
who did not have the allomorph /z/ for |s| in her dialect.  After I
took a new teacher I had to get rid of my bad habits to be understood.)

Jake

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