Re: linguolabials (was: Re: Hell hath no Fury)
From: | D Tse <exponent@...> |
Date: | Thursday, June 14, 2001, 12:29 |
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>> So the childhood expression of derision (a raspberry) is essentially an
>> unvoiced linguolabial trill?
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>Well, sort of. The stops involve the top lip, whereas the raspberry
>trills the bottom lip.
>
kind of OT:
Ugh...I feel so silly discussing paralinguistic childhood sounds, but I got
the child terminology wrong, what I mean is when you kind of stick out your
tongue against the top lip and ... well ... "Bbbbbbbbbbbb", accompanied by
a "you can't catch me" or suchlike action.
Bleh, this is futile :)
Imperative