Paul Isambert wrote:
Common neutralization in American English: /d/ and /t/ are pronounced the same in some places, namely as /ɾ/.
"Man dies of thirst in US penitentiary; guards claim 'We thought he was calling for a warder'". ** Phil. -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex