tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post5130385884461046520..comments2024-01-08T18:25:51.974+00:00Comments on Kraut's English phonetic blog: to xxx or not to xxx - in particularKrauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-86311908267533949002012-04-03T11:10:25.288+01:002012-04-03T11:10:25.288+01:00I hear exactly the same!I hear exactly the same!Alex Rotatorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221253493502707131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-29296918059705361712012-04-03T10:19:39.631+01:002012-04-03T10:19:39.631+01:00Oh, sorry, how stupid of me, didn't read close...Oh, sorry, how stupid of me, didn't read closely enough.<br /><br />Anyway, I hear a released aspirated <b>p</b>, but no vowel at all, then an aspirated, nearly affricated <b>t</b>.<br /><br /><br /><i>EDIT: The captcha is "ptersti ssiather"</i>Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-79958475699000104142012-04-03T10:07:54.627+01:002012-04-03T10:07:54.627+01:00Thanks, Lipman, for your detailed comments; what I...Thanks, Lipman, for your detailed comments; what I actually hoped for were some musings on the initial sounds in front of the vowel /ɪ/; i.e. what does she say when she pronounces the section of this word?<br /><br />Hearing different things on different occasions is quite normal, I think.Krauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932831673529849848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382369381372118960.post-32365713481211465852012-04-03T09:23:03.701+01:002012-04-03T09:23:03.701+01:00Frankly, I'm not even sure there mightn't ...Frankly, I'm not even sure there mightn't be a bit of a yod there…<br /><br />I haven't the skills for a graph analysis, but judging acoustically, my best bet is that there is something between the (single) <b>k</b> and the <b>l</b>, and that it is a non-syllabic <b>ɪ</b> or a <b>j</b>, probably labialised.<br /><br />I'm serious, but I shan't exclude I might hear it to be different if I listen some more times.Phillip Mindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801818752833289089noreply@blogger.com