http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1266 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1266&cpage=1#comment-468579 Robert Beard Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:42:18 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-468579 Thank you, Diego. You are right, of course. You are correct about [t] and [d] being alveolars in English. I stretched the point a bit for the sake of simplicity. I think more people know that "dental" means "teeth" than know where the alveolum is. Thank you, Diego. You are right, of course. You are correct about [t] and [d] being alveolars in English. I stretched the point a bit for the sake of simplicity. I think more people know that “dental” means “teeth” than know where the alveolum is.

]]> http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1266&cpage=1#comment-468403 Diego Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:03:50 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=1266#comment-468403 I'm Argentinian, so I never use a TH sound as in 'thick', but people in Spain pronounce 'z' and the 'c' in combinations 'ce' 'ci' with a sound quite similar to 'th' in English 'thick'. I think the Spanish sound is more like a dental fricative rather than interdental, as the English counerpart, but it is indeed a much similar sound than plain 't', especially because Spanish 't' is more dental than English 't', which is alveolar. Am I right? I’m Argentinian, so I never use a TH sound as in ‘thick’, but people in Spain pronounce ‘z’ and the ‘c’ in combinations ‘ce’ ‘ci’ with a sound quite similar to ‘th’ in English ‘thick’. I think the Spanish sound is more like a dental fricative rather than interdental, as the English counerpart, but it is indeed a much similar sound than plain ‘t’, especially because Spanish ‘t’ is more dental than English ‘t’, which is alveolar. Am I right?

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