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Re: The Story of Guper the Foolish Troll

From:dunn patrick w <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Monday, March 1, 1999, 15:43
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Mathew Willoughby wrote:

> Given that trolls are not humans, they probably have slightly different > mouths and throats than we do. Perhaps, given a troll's anatomy, it is easy > for them to make a distinct voiced glottal stop while it is far more > challenging for a human? > > JAT (just a thought), > > Sid >
Exactly my point. Although I do think there's a point with the epiglottal stops. --Patrick