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Thai profile: Minor correction

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Mga
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27 December 2005 at 6:50pm | IP Logged 
The current profile states:

"The consonant sounds do not always correspond directly to English values and are differentiated between voiced and unvoiced (with or without a puff of air)."

A distinction between voiced and unvoiced consonants is shown by the difference between [v] and [f], [s] and [z], et cetera. The voiced sounds are accompanied by vibration of one's vocal cords.

The correct word to use here is aspiration: the difference between the "p" in English pin and spin (at least in my dialect). The first "p" is aspirated -- it's accompanied by an additional burst of air that is absent in "spin".

Edited by Mga on 13 July 2006 at 4:13am



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