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

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Thursday, June 14, 2001, 9:28
> >> >> Linguolabial sounds are extremely rare, but not at all hard to >> pronounce, >> IMO. Just touch the tip of your tongue to your upper lip and release. >> The >> result sounds like a bizarre cross between /p/ and /t/ (which, >> articulatorily speaking, it more-or-less is). If you're having trouble >> pronouncing linguolabials because of the teeth, then you're probably not >> opening your mouth wide enough. >>
So the childhood expression of derision (a raspberry) is essentially an unvoiced linguolabial trill? Imperative

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John Cowan <cowan@...>