Plosives take over the New York Times Styles section

Language Log 2018-06-11

Summary:

Just last week, Caity Weaver was waxing rhapsodic about Kim Cattrall's alveolar plosives in the New York Times Styles section: When Ms. Cattrall says the word “didn’t,” she respects each and every D and T. Indeed, it could be said that alveolar plosives — the consonant sounds made by tapping the tip of the tongue […]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=38724

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Authors:

Ben Zimmer

Date tagged:

06/11/2018, 19:39

Date published:

06/11/2018, 16:42