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



2 Sep 2006 14:51:16 -0700: "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
in sci.lang:

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

Did I say otherwise?

Yes, you said it proves that Americans don't dislike it. It's entirely
possible that he can have a successful career as an activist and a
broadcaster with a voice people dislike.

You're right. That possibility didn't occur to me.

Just to be sure, is:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/audio/nwspeak/cm_creaky_apartment.mp3
the same as the kind of creaky voice you mean? It is what I mean. If
your own computer isn't sound equipped, could you borrow one for a

And where, praytell, would I "borrow a computer for a moment"?

From a colleague, at your employer's, you walk by and ask if you may
listen to this sound for a second? Or a neighbour, maybe? A public
library with internet access? An internet café? (Cybercafé, if that's
what it's called).

Patinkin is the same age as me

I don't know your age.

(he went to school on the South Side of
Chicago with a friend of mine); I think Kennedy is slightly younger
than me, i.e. your age.

.



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