Timeline for Why is [f] ambiguous between [f] and [s] after saying the word <three>?
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| Nov 29, 2014 at 12:37 | comment | added | hippietrail | Yes basically the acoustics of "eff" and "ess" are similar and if they're using context sensitive software the context "following 'three'" doesn't help disambiguate because neither pair is more common or relevant. | |
| Nov 29, 2014 at 4:13 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackLinguist/status/538546375005601792 | ||
| Nov 28, 2014 at 21:19 | vote | accept | user3898238 | ||
| Nov 28, 2014 at 20:18 | answer | added | musicallinguist | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 28, 2014 at 19:56 | history | undeleted | user3898238 | ||
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| Nov 28, 2014 at 19:10 | comment | added | jlawler | No, it's just that the difference between /θriyɛf/ and /θriyɛs/ is only perceptible at the end of the word, and it's very hard to distinguish because of the fricative bar blanking out the high frequencies. This would only occur when naming letters, which is a very low-tech way to communicate. If you must use letter names, try using names that are easily distinguishable; that's what the military "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta" stuff is about. | |
| Nov 28, 2014 at 19:01 | history | asked | user3898238 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |