Paths etc
| From: | T. A. McLeay <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 7, 2007, 0:22 |
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Henrik Theiling wrote:
> Hi!
>
> R A Brown writes:
...
>> IME /Ts/ and /Dz/ maintain their individual sounds.
>> ...
>
> Hmm. I think I should try to pronounce that differently then. Or
> simply start a new dialect. I think it started with 'clothes' which
> probably ends more like -/Dz/.
In fact, the first pronunciation in the dictionary is usually some
equivalent of /klouz/. For my part, and based on the experience of those
around me, the most common pronunciation does have a /D/ and the
/D/-less pronunciation the dictionary prefers actually sounds as
weird/sloppy as pronouncing "paths" without the /D~T/. (Actually, having
learnt the "standard" pronunciation lacks the /D/, I began omitting it
for a few brief while, and it was noticed and criticised.)
--
Tristan.
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