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Re: Mutable R's

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 12:27
Garth Wallace wrote:
> I'm pretty sure Japanese has [l\], not [4]. At least that's what I was > taught ("try to pronounce a d, r, and l all at once") and what I hear.
Before high vowels, it sometimes sounds almost like [d,] to me. I'm not sure if that's an illusion, or if it actually does have a tendency to become a stop in that environment. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42