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Re: Hellenish oddities

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 22, 2000, 12:17
On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 10:53:14PM -0600, Eric Christopherson wrote:
[snip]
> I think phi-theta would actually be pronounced [pt_h] since it's so hard to > pronounce both with aspiration, but I could be wrong.
Actually, you'd *have* to pronounce the /p/ as [p<h>] because of the [t<h>] sound attached to it. It's called the assimilation of aspirates.
> Is <phthong> pronounced with [fT] in English? I would think it'd just be [T] > (but I'd probably say [fT] just to be different).
[snip] I pronounce it as [fT]. T -- "How are you doing?" "Doing what?"