minimal pairs

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Tue Dec 19 13:55:10 UTC 2000


Dear Pete and IEists:

----- Original Message -----
From: "petegray" <petegray at btinternet.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:33 PM

>> 'asthma' ... fail to contain
>> any dental fricatives at all.

> It does in my speech and that of those around me, and in my dictionary.

[PR]
I have never heard a pronunciation of 'asthma' that was not /azm6/; and, of
course, /z/ is a dental fricative.

Obviously, we must make a distinction between dental fricatives and
interdental fricatives: /dh/.

[ Moderator's note:  /D/ in ASCII IPA notation. ]

Pat

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