Re: [tied] More nonsense: Is English /d/ truely voiced?

From: bmscotttg
Message: 19296
Date: 2003-02-26

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

> I assure you. I say ['lArn] with an alveolar flap.

How? That's a serious question. I can easily manage ['lær@...],
with an alveolar flap, or ['lædn.], with nasal release of the
[d] making it sound very much like the alveolar flap, but I
don't see how you get true flapping without at least a bit of
a vowel in the second syllable.

Brian