Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 09:27:12 -0400

From: "M. Lynne Murphy" 104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA

Subject: Re: American accent: nasal



I think there's a difference in the use of voiced consonants and

aspiration, as well. It took me forever, for example, to learn to

propoerly speak the soft t at the end of most Russian verb infinitives.

It just doesn't exist in English.



well, we have a tendency to glottalise our 't's at the ends of words,

so "not" comes out [na?], a fact that amazes and confuses south

africans.



lynne