Re: Sh!
| From: | Roberto Suarez Soto <ask4it@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 6, 2002, 17:52 |
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On Sep/06/2002, John Cowan wrote:
> Ah. What do languages without shibilants use? Anybody know the Spanish form?
Spanish does just like anyone else, it seems: "¡Shh!". It's [S:]
too, IIRC. Though it can be a bit "stronger", more like "¡Chssst!" (I
don't know the IPA for spanish "ch" yet, sorry; maybe [Z]?)
There's also a form I've seen in some books (novels and the
like) which is "¡Chitón!". But I don't know where it comes from, and I
didn't hear it in real life ever :-)
> (I seem to be harping on Spanish a lot lately.)
"Harping"? :-m
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Roberto Suarez Soto
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