Re: [tied] Re: American dialects, correction

Brian

> If you're like most people who flap their intervocalic /t/s,
> the main difference between <matter> and <madder> is the
> length of the /æ/: it's longer in <madder>.

Unless your dialect no longer distinguishes between a flap from voiceless
"t" and one from voiced "d". In my pronunciation, the two words are
homophones.


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