Re: another silly phonology question
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 30, 2000, 23:50 |
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, D Tse wrote:
> But /t/ and /d/ have the same place of articulation as /T/ and /D/.
> I've also heard [s] in foreign accents for /T/.
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> --SNIKT!--
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> Well in Japan young people tend to say "sankyuu" (Thank you) a lot...
> There's even a convenience store chain called "sankusu" (Thanks) there.
> I suppose an alveolar fricative is the closest they can get.
I've heard similar from Korean speakers of English. On an unrelated
note, Koreans often substitute [p] or [h] for foreign words. "France" is
rendered something like "purangsu."
YHL