Re: Articulation of /s/ in baths

From: "Nigel Greenwood" <ndsg_mmii@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2 Apr 2006 03:32:36 -0700

ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

What is the articulation of /s/ in baths? If it's dental, wouldn't that
make the pronunciation [bATT] or [b&TT]? For it to be alveolar,
speakers would have to move their tongues from dental to alveolar; do
people really do this?

The Southern UK RP (also given in the OED) is the voiced /bA:Dz/.

Nigel

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