Re: Do I say [s] correctly?

Quoting Alex Fink <a4pq1injbok_0@...>:

> On [s.] (really s with dot below) Bright writes "For present purposes I
> write [s.] for either the retroflex or the apico-alveolar sibilant, since I
> know of no language that distinguishes them."
Hm. Those two certainly *sound* quite distinct to me, but I can't seem to think
of a language distinguishing them phonetically either - all langs with
retroflexes seem to use dentals for their "normal" coronal POA! The only
exception I find is Tamil, and that has only one, marginal, sibilant.

                                           Andreas