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From: Rick Wojcik <rickw@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: The phonemic transcription problem
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Mark Odegard wrote:
<snip>
> I note that I can make "T" or "D" with my tongue in two
> widely separated places, in the usual place at the edge of
> the ridge behind the upper teeth, and atypically, by flexing
> my tonguetip to touch the very top of the mouth. The sound
> is different, but for English it's allophonic.

Mark, what makes you call it "allophonic"?  Are you describing a flapped
version of 
the allophone?  Nonphonemic variants are not necessarily allophonic.

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Rick Wojcik                                       Bellevue, WA
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