For words ending in "-ity" is it ~t or ~d

[Benjamin Barrett]

Michael H Covarrubias wrote:
> Quoting Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>:
>
>
>> Further, whether people use the tongue
>> flap or "t" is variable depending on
>> social and linguistic factors.
>>
>> I don't believe AmE speakers use a
>> "d" sound in any of these words. They
>> use a tongue flap, represented by an
>> upside down "r" in IPA.
>>
>
> It's the rounded 'r' for the tap/flap isn't it? The upside down 'r' being the
> alveolar approximant.
>
>
Thank you, yes. I think the second "tap, flap" from the right at
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/IPA_chart_2005.png/463px-IPA_chart_2005.png.
BB

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