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Re: Spanish ll in different dialects

From:Ben Poplawski <thebassplayer@...>
Date:Saturday, August 28, 2004, 21:38
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:05:07 +0100, Joe <joe@...> wrote:

>Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: > >> Ben Poplawski wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:34:55 -0700, B. Garcia <madyaas@...> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Exaggerated? How so? Meaning she put extra force on z and c before i >>>> and e? >>> >>> >>> >>> Maybe it was a personal variation: a lisp. It was weird, sounded halfway >>> between [T] and [f] sometimes. >>> >>> Ben >> >> >> Probably because it was interdental rather than post-dental. >> (Tongue between the teeth rather than behind the upper teeth.
That's probably it.
>But...English [T] is interdental. Don't you mean the other way round?
Not for me. I'm a native speaker of General American for reference. I considered how I pronounced and just checked out how my little brother pronounced unvoiced 'th'. It's not interdental for sure; his lower teeth did not touch. I would say post-dental, checking again; the tip of his tongue does not appear at the tip of his teeth. Ben