/t/ allophones - was Re: An African American proverb (?)

[Matthew Gordon]

On 8/3/09 3:29 AM, "Tom Zurinskas" <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> Truespel book 3 VOA dictionary recognizes these two "t" features (~d flap and
> glottalization) as alternative pronunciations of letter "t".  As far as I
> know, no other dictionary does so, and they should.


Tom, your own beloved Merriam-Webster online recognizes both of these well
known allophonic processes in their pronunciation guide which you can get
from their help page:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/help/index.htm

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