Re : Re: derivation question

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 26/03/99 11:12:03  , vous avez =E9crit :

<< I realized it some years ago, when I realized that I pronounced
 "brun" (brown) and "brin" (strand) as homophones [bRE~] whereas I remembe=
r
 distinctively having pronounced them differently [bRE~] and [bR9~] when I
 was younger. Same thing with "patte" and "p=E2te" (formerly [pat] and [pA=
t],
 now only [pat]). >>

So did I too. That's French's lately trend I guess... (sigh).
Also Khmer tends to pronounce all final consonants as glottal stop. I've o=
ften
imagined that these consonants would quickly disappear if it weren't for t=
heir
being piously preserved in writings. I've read that Tibetan initial conson=
ants
are often not pronounced (?).

Mathias