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There are however some exceptions in very few Words Borrowed from English . Phonological final devoicing can lead to the Neutralization of phonemic constrasts in certain environments. For example, Russian ''нож'' 'a knife' (phonemically ) and ''нош'' 'of burdens' (phonemically ) are pronounced identically as . The Russian practise of this process is also the source of the seemingly variant transliterations of Russian names into "-off", especially by the French. English does not have phonological final devoicing of the type that neutralizes phonemic contrasts; thus pairs like ''bad'' and ''bat'' are distinct in all major Accents Of English . Nevertheless voiced obstruents are devoiced to some extent in final position in English, especially when phrase-final or when followed by a voiceless consonant (for example, ''bad cat'' ). The most salient distinction between ''bad'' and ''bat'' is not the voicing of the final consonant but rather the duration of the vowel and the Glottalization of final : ''bad'' is pronounced while ''bat'' is . EXTERNAL LINKS
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