Re: [tied] Re: Slavic palatalistions: why /c^/, /c/?

At 8:39:32 AM on Tuesday, November 8, 2005, tgpedersen
wrote:

>>> I assume it occurred to you in the meantime that the /j/
>>> was consumed in the process of palatalising the
>>> preceding consonant?

>> No it wasn't. Cf. ORuss. spellings like c^judo, etc.

> What phonetic sense is there in that? How would you
> distinguish between /c^/ and /c^j/?

I have no trouble pronouncing <c^judo> as written, and the
result is clearly distinct from that obtained by pronouncing
<c^udo> as written.

Brian