Re: [tied] Children

From: Mark Odegard
Message: 3191
Date: 2000-08-17

 
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From: Catherine Hagemann
Then,there is the English"Dog" and the Spanish "Porro". It could be borrowings through time or just simply,changes that occur through time.

Perro, not porro. This is part of a classic minimal pair, pero "but" and perro "dog".  I can manage both, but don't quite understand why. One of them is a (voiced) 'tap-D'