Re: /S/ /Z/ /tS/ etc.


Ruud Harmsen wrote:
1 Sep 2006 17:32:51 -0700: "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
in sci.lang:

That still doesn't make it an "American" phenomenon. Maybe it's an
inherited trait in her family.

Sleep on. It get the strong impression you are denying the obvious
only because I brought it up.

If it's so obvious, howcome no phonetician has ever commented on this
alleged "national" trait before?

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has it, and he is a very successful
environmental attorney -- and radio broadcaster.

That only proves other Americans don't dislike it. I never said they
do.

No, it proves that people with congenital creaky voice can succeed in
spite of it.

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