Re: Phonology
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 21, 2002, 1:04 |
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Peter Clark scripsit:
> I suggest you boldly take your life into your hands like
> a man and risk swallowing your tongue (although, I should note, it is very
> unlikely that you will do so, unless you take up Klingon. ;)
Or Moundsbar, with its famous voiced snore. One linguist who tried
to pronounce *that* found himself with his larynx inside out.
> Learn what it means to be a voiced interdental fricative.
To *be* a v.i.f? Is that anything like being a bat?
--
John Cowan <jcowan@...> http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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