From: Patrick C. Ryan
Message: 19012
Date: 2003-02-22
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From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "Glen Gordon" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] More nonsense: Is English /d/ truely voiced?
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> > All I know is that, as a native speaker of English, I
> > honestly can't think of any examples of a voiceless /d/
> > except perhaps at the end of a word, as in "skid".
> > Otherwise, I certainly voice English /d/.
[PCR]
The /d/ of "skid" is NOT voiceless, it is partially voiced.
/ski(Voice)t/.
Pat
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