Bilabial Clicks (was Re: A Reminder to MAARTEN VAN BEEK and others)

On 16 Jan, David Peterson wrote:

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>     Also, about clicks.  They say, for example, that a bilabial click is
when
> you make the kissing sound.  But what about when you make a popping sound
> with both your lips?  They're two very different sounds, yet...represented
by
> the same symbol?
If  I understand you correctly, the "kiss" you are referring to is the click
made
with both lips extended. What do you mean by the "popping" sound?
Is it the click made with both lips held  flat against the teeth?
(It is also possible to make a click with the lips pulled inward, over the
teeth
[in which case it can be done either with the lips themselves or  with the
area surrounding the lips]. Or is _this_ the "popping" sound you were
referring to?)
    Anyhow, as you point out, there seems to be only one symbol in the IPA
for "bilabial" clicks. Could one use the IPA diacritics (such as those for
"rounded"
or "retracted") to specify types of bilabial clicks?

Dan Sulani
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