Re: Subtitutes for English /T/ and /D/

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1185195343.679815.320810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jul 22, 7:13 pm, Dominic Bojarski <dominicbojar...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Jul 22, 11:39 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Are you saying he can't pronounce the difference between THIRty and
> thirTEEN?

I pronounce both with the accent on the first syllable. The problem is
not the stress.

In all contexts?? Then your command of English is, shall we say, not
mainstream.

Perhaps Dominic's is the 21st century pronuciation.

Richard.

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