Re: Generalizations about English spelling --> voiceless "w"

Nicholas Bodley wrote:

>
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:18:54 -0400, Peter T. Daniels
> <grammatim@...> wrote:
>
> > voiceless w
>
> I know it's quite basic, but I assume "voiceless" is similar to, or
> identical with, unvoiced? However, I find it quite difficult to imagine a
> voiceless w. Would welcome some help, here, although it's going OT,
> perhaps.

It's the sound of <wh>.

I don't know "unvoiced" -- sounds like a phonetic process that would
happen to a voiced segment.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...