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Subject: Re: The Euro at $1.55 Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:58:29 +0100

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:49:12 -0500, erilar
wrote:

>In article ,
> Tim C. wrote:
>
>> it seems even half the German-speaking world can't or won't
>> distinguish between "P" / "B" or "T" / "D".
>
>Usually there is a distinction based on syllable beginning or end and/or
>intervocalic position.

That's not what I mean. It happens frequently that people specifically
spell out P/B/T/D - using "Paula/Berta/Theodor... simply because they
use the same sound for either of each pair. Normal ime B for P/B and
D for T/D.

Beter for Peter. Samsdag for Samstag. Oida for Alter