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Re: Is this a realistic phonology?

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Monday, March 8, 1999, 0:27
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 16:25:02 -0600 Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
writes:
>At the risk of being presumptuous, I don't think Nik meant anything >bad >about that... just that it's strange to him (and indeed, probably to >any >English speaker, myself included). No value judgments here :) > >(Besides, if you want to be really picky, nasals *are* voiced stops! >:) ) > >======================================================= >Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
But don't stops have to....well, stop? There's only so long that i can hold on to a /b/ without it dying or coming out by itself, but nasals can just go on forever. or at least as long as your lungs can :) . -Stephen (Steg) "hhalomot zeh b'emet" ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]