Re: YAEPT Re: English /T/, was Re: Spanish ll in different dialects

David Peterson wrote:

> I haven't replied to a YAEPT thread in so long...!  I can indulge
> just once, right?
>
> <<Hmm.  Judging by Mark's post, I'd say the two might be in free variation
> across most dialects.>>
>
> In my dialect, the [T] is definitely *not* interdental, and there is
> no such
> sound as [D], as it's been replaced by a dental stop (probably only
> negligibly
> voiced, like all the rest of the voiced stops in English), giving
> people like
> myself the following inventory:
>
> [T], [t], [t_h], [t_d], as in "thigh", "die", "tie", and "thy".
>
> (I hope that [_d] is X-SAMPA for dental...)

Wait..[t_d]?  Not [d_d] or [D_d]?