[lit-ideas] Softies
- From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:36:45 -0400
At 10:29 AM 8/28/2006, you wrote:
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"?
When linguists speak of a hard or soft sound, they are usually (for
English) talking about C and G, and sometimes J -- although I'm not sure
there are any soft js in non-filched English words.
But there are only a certain number of 'sounds' and a soft 'c' is just an
's', a soft 'g' is a 'j' and a soft 'j' is a 'y'. I can't think of what a
soft 't' would be. The closest I can think is when it is used as a 'sh'
sound as in 'libation'. But that's a totally different sound that is almost
completely dependent on the "io" following.
Paul
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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada
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