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Re: Whispered voicing ( was: Re: /p/ versus devoiced b?)

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 31, 2001, 9:19
>Well you must be one of those lucky people who can actually recognize and >produce a voiced /h/! I don't think I know how to make one, and I don't >think I've ever heard one either (they say <ahoy> has one, but I'm fairly >sure it's voiceless in this dialect).
Actually this book describes voiced "h" as "murmured, or whispery, or breathy-voiced" and cites the English words "behave" and "behind" as well. Imperative