Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 01:18:08 -0700

From: Rudy Troike RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ARIZVMS.BITNET

Subject: Re: The /x/ sounds in Scots and Dutch



Calling all phoneticians--

The [x] (NOT /x/) in loch and geen SHOULDN'T be the same, given

the difference in phonetic environment, even if they were in the same language.

Cf. the [k]'s in lock and keep (ignoring the aspiration), both /k/.

--Rudy Troike