Re: General phonetics // was "Newbie"
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 14, 2004, 0:13 |
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:47:42AM +1030, Morgan Palaeo Associates wrote:
> 'Shortened' is definitely more appropriate than 'lengthened', I'd say,
> for the following reason. 'Shorter' is probably better still, though.
> Consider the length of '&' in various words. Here's a sample:
>
> pad (short)
Not in my 'lect. "pad" and "bad" are of the same length, differing
only in the initial consonant (which differs in voicing, laxness/tenseness,
and aspiration).
> bad (long)
> pat (short)
> bat (short)
-Mark
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