Re: USAGE: East Slavic historical phonology (was: Questions and Impressions of Basque)

Mark J. Reed said:
> On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 05:43:39PM +0300, Isaac A. Penzev wrote:
>> No. It is [h\] - a VOICED glottal fricative.
>
> Huh, never encountered that before.  So [h\] : [h] :: [G] : [x], yes?
> I find it hard to get my vocal cords vibrating for [h\]; the extra force
> required turns it into [G] . . .

A voiced allophone of /h/ would be pretty common in many languages when it
occurs between (voiced) vowels, so you can probably find some of them in
your allegro English. "whad'l ya have?" (Put a finger on your throat to
see if the voicing is interrupted during the haitch.)

In any event, your tongue has no business being anywhere near the place of
articulation for [G] when you're saying [h] (or [h\]).


-- Mark