Vincent Teo  +  457727 Fri, 28 Dec 07 05:38 AM COULD you please answer the following questions:  1 This soft drink bottle label; reads “Lipton Ice Tea”. Should it not be read “Lipton Iced Tea”?  Vincent Teo Joined on Sat, Mar 31 2007 Veteran Member 5,660

	Feebs11  +  457803 Fri, 28 Dec 07 11:48 AM If you are talking about Lipton's iced tea, yes, but what is on the label is the registered name of the product to ensure it is differentiated from other iced teas. Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015

	Philip  +  457869 Fri, 28 Dec 07 03:42 PM  Vincent Teo wrote: COULD you please answer the following questions:  1 This soft drink bottle label; reads “Lipton Ice Tea”. Should it not be read “Lipton Iced Tea”?  "Iced tea" is correct.  However, most people say 'ice tea', so that is how it has come to be written in most cases.  I believe that the reason for that is the pronunciation of the words 'iced' and 'tea', the 'd' and the 't' differing only in being voiced and non-voiced.  The linguistice term for this is "dissimilation", I believe. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Pronunciation

	CalifJim  +  457933 Fri, 28 Dec 07 06:57 PM Oops!    There is no voiced sound in "iced" because the "ed" is pronounced as a "t".  So it's the juxtaposition of two phonetic "t"s (not a "d" and a "t") that becomes one "t" in "iced tea" ~ "ice tea". CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,465 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Phonetics

	Philip  +  457982 Fri, 28 Dec 07 10:59 PM  CalifJim wrote: Oops!    There is no voiced sound in "iced" because the "ed" is pronounced as a "t".  So it's the juxtaposition of two phonetic "t"s (not a "d" and a "t") that becomes one "t" in "iced tea" ~ "ice tea". CJ Oops, indeed.  Thanks for catching it......it's the same phenomenon.  Philip Phonetics