Re: Emphasis allophonies?

Eric Christopherson wrote:
> I've noticed that when people emphasize English words which use [4]
> (alveolar tap) or [d] for /t/, they sometimes use [t] (as in <little>,
> usually ["lIdl=] but emphasized ["lItl=]).
That sometimes shows up in words with <d>, so that "lady" sometimes
comes out [lejt_hi]!

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