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Hole One a New See Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Consonants

Hi everybody,

This page categorise consonants as 'voiceless', 'voiced', and 'other' consonants:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/

Does it make any sense? What is the meaning of "other"? I thought that there are only voiceless and voiced consonants.

Thanks for your answer in advance.
  

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It is not well categorized. The writer put the nasals into "other" category but these are voiced consonants. htm

— AlpheccaStars

  • It is not well categorized.
  • The writer put the nasals into "other" category but these are voiced consonants.
  • htm
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It is not well categorized. The writer put the nasals into "other" category but these are voiced consonants.

Here is a better page on the subject:

http://esl.about.com/od/speakingenglish/a/voiced.htm
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Oh, nasals. Mystery solved. Thank you very much Emotion: smile
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Hole One a New SeeOh, nasals.
Yes, but don't forget what AS said: nasals are voiced consonants - at least in English.
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Fortunately, there are some great words to it in Hungarian language, too.

FeSZ (= [ s ])eS (= [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_palato-alveolar_sibilant] ) CS(= [ thttp
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