Re: The palatal sham :) (Re: [tied] Re: Albanian (1))

From: P&G
Message: 30509
Date: 2004-02-02

>In most languages I know /b,d,g/ are voiced and lax,
>while /p,t,k/ are voiceless and fortis,

My dialect of English (along with several other dialects of English)
includes voiceless lax consonants, which are heard by speakers of British
English as voiced: e.g. in "Latin", "forty" etc.

Peter