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Phonemes

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-26 5:40

So I has a question. Can you guys distinguish
/s\/, /s`/, and /S/? If so, what is your native language/what languages do you speak?

behold what they sound like

s\ -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveopalatal_fricative
s` -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_retroflex_fricative
S -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_postalveolar_fricative

I, a humble monolingual americunt, cannot distinguish them at all.

Name: Anonymous 2010-06-29 12:49

/s\/ and /S/ sounds the same to me :(

I even checked URL to ensure that I didn't listen the same sound file twice.
Any tips how to improve listening comprehension?

Russkiefag.

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