Re: Phaleran: the Webpage.
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 13, 1999, 18:09 |
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On Sat, 12 Jun 1999 14:32:11 -0500 Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
writes:
>The other two air stream mechanisms widely used around the world are
>the
>glottalic and the velaric: the former closes the glottis and then
>releases the
>air creating a distinctive burst (almost clicklike), while the latter
>is what makes
>true clicks (like English tsk-tsk), where the root of the tongue is
>pressed against
>the velum (the soft palate) while the tongue's apex is used to vary
>the place
>of articulation.
I've always pronounced "tsk-tsk" the way it's spelled, [tIsk tIsk]...i
guess i never drew the connection between the written form and the spoken
form. weird...
-Stephen (Steg)
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