Re: aspirated m?

Ray Brown wrote:

> On Monday, November 22, 2004, at 04:30 , Joe wrote:
>
>> Sally Caves wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> In Welsh, though, I think /mh/ is actually voiceless
>>>> [m].
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In Welsh, there is no real aspirated "m"; phrases like fy mhen, "my
>>> head,"
>>> are pronounced /vVm'hEn/.  Like "some help."
>>
>
> [snip]
>
>> In spoken Welsh, however 'fy' is often missed out, resulting in [mhen] -
>> which could be an aspirated Nasal, I'm not sure.
>
>
> If it ever is, it is marginal and not worth making a fuss about.


Indeed.  I wasn't actually sure.  It was just a though.  Obviously other
people generally know more than me. ;-)

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