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

On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 01:09:02PM -0500, Steg Belsky wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:17:59 +1100 D Tse <exponent@...>
> writes:
> > >That's exactly it - according to some. But I've also heard accounts
> > of
> > >linguists having heard _real_ aspirated voiced consonants. I
> > imagine
> > >that those would be consonants with a voiced onset, follow by a
> > vowel
> > >with a voiceless onset and voiced ending. Or something ;-).
>
> > Does that mean that such a sound would end up something like
> > /b@_0ha/ ??
> -
>
> I don't see what the problem is...
> As far as i know, i'm making an aspirated /b/ right now.
> It sounds like i'm making a /b/ and a voiced /h/ at the same time.
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).

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Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo