/q/

Danny Wier wrote:
>And again, it seems hard to pronounce /q/ (or more accurately /qh/) without
>affrication.
Certainly not [q].  Way back in the early 80s or so, I heard a series of
programs produced by Alaska Public Radio-- "The things that were said of
them"-- folk tales from the Aleut region. (Lovely stories!!)  The title and
brief bits and of course proper names were given in the Aleut language and I
loved the wonderfully "dry" sound of their /q/.  (It's a very un-Kash sound,
unfortunately, but I've used it in Gwr.)

<rant>What a pity NPR no longer broadcasts interesting things like that (not
to mention off-beat concerts and univ. lectures from all over the country),
preferring to be Washington-centered, 24/7 news org, CNN-wannabe.</rant>