Re[2]: [tied] The disappearance of *-s -- The saga continues

At 9:56:28 PM on Thursday, April 15, 2004,
enlil@... wrote:

>> Icelandic <s> tends towards /S/, indendent of position.

> That makes sense. Thanks. But whatchout. Brian might have
> something to say :)

On the rare occasions when I've had a chance to hear a
native speaker, it's had a somewhat [S]-like quality (to my
ear) while still being categorizable as [s]; it's been a
while, but from memory I'd guess that it was distinctly
apical.

Brian