Re: linguolabials (was: Re: Hell hath no Fury)

In a message dated 6/14/01 5:27:45 AM, exponent@TECHNOLOGIST.COM writes:

<< Whoa, whoa, wait a minute ...I dont think that velar or glottal trills are
particularly possible - at least by a human... >>

    Hey, I was wondering about that...  /x/ and /G/ (voiced, velar fricative)
REALLY feel to me like trills.  I mean, they act just like them!  They
vibrate up and down and give a constant, quick "dadadadadadadada" as opposed
to a nice, smooth, unbroken sound like /s/ and /f/.  So what's the deal?  And
another thing, why can't there be a nasal flap?  The /n/ in "never" sounds a
lot different than the "nn" in "running".  If I were to replace both with a
stop-like sound, "never" would get a /d/, "dever", and "running" would
definitely get a flap.  Am I just crazy that I can hear and feel this
difference?

-David

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