final devoicing

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Gettin old larry; took me two readings to pick up on "once." Note
>that this is Dubya's pronunciation of all voiced sibilants,
>affricates, and fricatives in final position when he is in "high
>rhetorical mode." Since voiceless sounds are in general more fortis
>than voiced ones, is this a by-product of careful speech? It's
>certainly a natural phenomenon, although in other English dialects
>(e.g., most AAVE) it's stops that get this treatment first.

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>(or is it simple illiteracy?)
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