> > Voiceless and voiced consonants differ in more than just vocal chord
> > vibration (voicing). One major difference is "voice onset time" (VOT).
> > Voiceless consonants have a longer period of voicelessness before the
> > voicing of the vowel begins than do the voiced consonants: this is the
> > aspiration.
>
>Is this how you can still tell the difference between English B & P even
>when whispering?
>After testing myself a bit, this seems likely. But I am not phonetically
>educated enough to say with absolute surety.
I remember reading in Pullum & Ladusaw's "Phonetic Symbol Guide" something
like "like a voiceless /p/ but with the slack articulation of a /b/" but I
can't find the entry right now.
Imperative