Re: [tied] Unvoiced [j]?

From: CeiSerith@...
Message: 15087
Date: 2002-09-04

In a message dated 9/4/2002 5:44:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, haha2581@... writes:


Is there an unvoiced counterpart to [w] aswell?


   There is said to be one in English, the sound represented by the "wh" at the beginning of word such as "wheel," but many, if not most, Americans simply voice it.  How is it with other dialects of English?

David Fickett-Wilbar

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