Nicholas Bodley wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:17:56 -0000, machhezan <machhezan@...> wrote:
>
> > Just of curiosity: Do you consider that in these cases you should
> > pronounce two plosions or just a long consonant? In my southern
> > German dialect which is sensitive to consonant length, we would
> > naturally lengthen the consonants in similar cases, but I don't
> > know how this works in a language like English that doesn't have
> > distinctive consonant length.
>
> Basic question: I can't imagine a long-duration unvoiced consonant.

voiceless stops: Just like normal unvoiced stops, but with the stopped
part prolonged (it's as if you were making a little break in your speech).

Voiceless fricatives: Just like normal unvoiced fricatives, but with
the friction prolonged.

The term 'geminates' is often used for lengthened consonants, even
though the original idea behind this term: that there is a special
type of long consonants characterized by two peaks of intensity, was
never confirmed.

g_0ry@_ˆs:
j. 'mach' wust