[Ads-l] New to me: "deep-seeded"

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jun 20 01:21:36 UTC 2015


On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:51 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> WB:  In casual speed American English, the phonemic distinction between /t/
> and /d/ is neutralized as [denti-alveolar flap] after stressed vowel,
> before unstressed syllable.
>

In other words, "no."


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-Wilson
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