What I wrote in my other posts above was written more than a year ago. Now I've changed my mind on some things, and I'm going to read an interesting book on phonology I found out. What I can say now is that I would definietely pronounce

I've been struggling to notice the difference between these two consonants but as spanish speaker I'm so used to pronounce them as if they were only one sound. If I spoke fast, would it matter? I know the difference according to what

The concept of "allophones" belongs to phonemics, not phonetics. An ... You're talking about more precise phonetic notations, not about allophones. Those remarks seem to verge on being contradictory. An allophone is a phonetic

My suggestion to you, Arfy, is to use phonetic ... all sorts of diacritic marks distinguishing allophones of various consonants. The concept of "allophones" belongs to phonemics, not phonetics. An allophone is any of various phonetic

My suggestion to you, Sparky, and all other ("caught" is ... vowel even though (O) may be the appropriate phonetic symbol. My suggestion to you, Arfy, is to use phonetic notation whenever you want to tell someone how you pronounce

What logic? Both 'pavilion' and 'canceled' follow normal spelling rules; a double L would be unnecessary in the first case, and wrong in the second. What spelling rules? In fact, why is it "spelling" why isn't this

What spelling rules? In fact, why is it "spelling" why isn't ... English, and words like these just add to her confusion. Don't worry about it and tell your German friend not to worry about it either. All of us anglophones are

On 15 Sep 2004, John Dean wrote -snip- Yes, that's ... I'm talking about:"If I could only hear my mother sing-gagain".) As I mentioned in a recent thread, as a Brummie whose lived awayfrom Birmingham for over 30 years, the

"'Plosive' is a relative term" means that there's no reason ... one time to another over a continuous range of values. It can't do that because if consonants were that loosely defined they'd be indistinguishable. It

Skitt filted: I'm also fluent in Cat (and the related Mountain Lion), and have a serviceable smattering of conversational Coyote..r You'll have noticed then, that while Cat contains a wide variety of vowel sounds, they don't bother