Re: Hellenish oddities

"H. S. Teoh" wrote:
>
> 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].
On it's own, I say it [T], in words like <diphthong> I say [fT]. [fT] is
just too hard to begin a word with for me.

--
Robert