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Re: another silly phonology question

From:Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
Date:Thursday, November 30, 2000, 1:21
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 10:46:39PM -0500, Padraic Brown wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Raymond Brown wrote: > > >At 10:02 am -0500 28/11/00, H. S. Teoh wrote: > >>I thought it was American that's > >>pronouncing /t/ as [?] :-) > > > >Alas, no :=( > > Actually, a lot do. Though I don't think it's as pronounced > or as thoroughgoing. > > > > >Colloquial Bri?ish English has fousands of glo??l stops. > > Too roight! > > > > >>But then again, what do I know about colloquial British... :-) > > > >Nuffink :-) > > No? " nuffin "? Wo? sor? a burk says " nuffink "? :) > > Well, I learnt English by watching telly, so I may be wrong! > > Padraic. > > >Ray.
Is that labial version of /T/ actually [f]? I've been unable to firmly identify it from what little exposure I've had to it from TV, but it kind of seems to me that it's somehow different from [f]. Maybe a coarticulation or something... And speaking of British sounds, I know I've also heard [?] for /k/ more than once, and maybe even /p/. -- Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo