Perhaps it's a little like the "veit" and "beit" in Hebrew? Or the subtle difference in the way Latin Americans and Spaniards say "veces"? Julie Krueger having read yesterday that cows moo in different dialects seriously -----Original Message----- From: aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 9:20 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Another Bush failure? Tea is a soft 't', while cat is hard 't'. Maybe someone more astute in linguistics, like Robert Paul, can enlighten us as to examples of soft and hard t's in English. Russian has hard t's too. It's a mix, like English. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 8/28/2006 9:58:10 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Another Bush failure? On the other hand, what is a hard 't'? Julie Krueger -----Original Message----- From: pas@xxxxxxxx To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 8:49 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Another Bush failure? At 09:32 AM 8/28/2006, you wrote: >Ubu (oobyu) is first person singular for kill in Russian, I forgot to >mention that. And the final 't' on ubit is soft. What is a soft 't'? paul ########## Paul Stone pas@xxxxxxxx Kingsville, ON, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.