/d_(/ as in "rider"

Classification: Alveolar Flap

Notes: A flap (or 'tap') is a vastly shortened allophone of the parent phoneme -- /d/ in this case. The flap /d_(/ may show a minimal burst, or perhaps only a short stop or a dropoff in energy.

A typical /d_(/ may look like:


Speaker: Tim Carmell
Word: the /d_(/ section of the word "idiots"


Speaker: Tim Carmell
Word: the /d_(/ section of the word "rider"

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