Re: Emphasis allophonies?

I said:
> 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=]).
Then Paul said:
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From: Paul Bennett <Paul.Bennett@...>
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Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: Emphasis allophonies?


> I'd say that's a very USAcentric notion, or at least
North-America-centric.  In
> my experience, only Americans combine intervocalic(--ish) [t] and [d] into
[4].

Same here. I didn't specify that I was talking about North America since I
thought that was clear by context.

> I haven't ever heard (in person or via a recording) any other 1L or 2L
> English-speaker do that.
What're 1L and 2L?

> Also, IIRC, emphasised words using [4] use [t] and [d] as indicated
> orthographically.  Come to that, it's generally "in carefull speech" more
> strictly than "emphasised".
It doesn't seem to depend on how "carefully" one is speaking where I come
from -- when people speak slowly and carefully they're still apt to use [d].
And as Nik said, when being emphatic, people sometimes slip up and use [t]
for orthographic <d> as in <lady> ["leit_hi], although it generally follows
the orthography.