Re: What's the different between /tS/ as one phoneme and as two?

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:28:15 +0200

Peter T. Daniels writes:

> If you think he doesn't have a French accent, then your ear is indeed
> tin.

He has an accent that results from trying to eliminate a French accent,
which isn't the same thing. He did succeed in eliminating his original
accent, but in his zeal to do so he created a new one of his own
(although it is slight, as I recall).

> I've never knowingly seen or heard Hauer, so I can't evaluate his
> speech.

You've never heard me or spoken to me, and yet you evaluate my speech
and hearing. Why can't you do the same for him?

> Do you know what "perfect pitch" means?

Yes, it's a very vivid auditory memory.

> Do you know what "tin ear" means?

Yes, it's an inability to recognize pitch, relatively and absolutely. 

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