/t/ for /d/ for word endings

Scot LaFaive spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM
Wed Aug 15 17:30:26 UTC 2007


Oh, sorry, I didn't see the end of Tom's email about voiced segments and
[-ed]. Never mind. :)

Scot


>From: Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: /t/ for /d/ for word endings
>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:25:32 -0500
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>Poster:       Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject:      Re: /t/ for /d/ for word endings
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>I'm confused. There's [-ed] in "flipped," "pissed," and "clinched?" I hear
>[t].
>
>Scot
>
>
> >From: Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
> >Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >Subject: Re: /t/ for /d/ for word endings
> >Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:11:02 -0700
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> >Poster:       Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
> >Subject:      Re: /t/ for /d/ for word endings
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> >No. There's the -ed sound as well. I'll leave it to you as a phonetic
> >exercise to figure out the environment. BB
> >
> >Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> > > Someone said the below.  Is this standard American pronunciation?
> > >
> > > /t/ is voiceless and /d/ is voiced.  In standard American
>pronunciation,
> > > verbs
> > > that end with a voiceless sound (/f/k/p/s/sh/ch/) add /t/ for their
>-ed
> > > ending.
> > > Verbs that end with a voiced sound add /d/ for their -ed ending.
> > >
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