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Re: New H/G lang?

From:Ed Heil <edheil@...>
Date:Thursday, October 14, 1999, 5:31
Maybe John shares my pathological method of attempting to produce
ejectives?

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Ed doesn't know everything, but he hasn't figured that out yet.
Please break it to him gently.              edheil@postmark.net
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Nik Taylor wrote:

> John Cowan wrote: > > Voiceless laterals of any sort (as opposed to voiceless lateral
*fricatives*)
> > are rather rare anyway, because they are hard to hear. Ejective nasals > > as such are impossible, because the closure point is upstream of the > > oral-nasal connection > > What are you talking about? I can do it with no problem, the glottis is > BELOW the oral-nasal connection. I can't hear anything when I make a > /n_0'/, but I can feel air going thru the nose, and I know that the > glottis is closed. > > -- > "Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many > ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." -- > Joseph Wood Krutch > http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ > http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html > ICQ #: 18656696 > AIM screen-name: NikTailor >