From: arnurdth
Message: 2129
Date: 2002-09-08
--- In norse_course@..., Haukur Thorgeirsson <haukurth@...> wrote:
> Just a thought.
>
> According to the phonetic description of Icelandic I was taught
> voice is phonemic in the following Icelandic sounds:
>
> j
> l
> m
> n
> r
>
> And as far as I can tell with English voice is phonemic in
> the following sounds:
>
> f
> t
> p
> k
> s
> sh
> ch
>
> It would seem that there is no overlap between the two languages!
> Sounds that occur as either voiced or unvoiced in Icelandic exist
> only in one variety in English - and vice versa.
>
> No wonder we're having trouble :-)
>
> Kveðja,
> Haukur
>
> --
> Svá æ folkmýgi.