Re: Beijing, Zhongguo, etc.

David Peterson wrote:
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>Hm, after listening to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>v=zmIXW8SGTek&feature=related , I am beginning to wonder if the  voiced h
>is a myth. Any comments?
> >>
>
>What, the sound itself?  I pronounce it all the time in the English
>word "ahead".
>
Oh you californians :-))))  It's voiceless (for me) in words like that, but
try this:

Start with "aha"( voicelss h) then try to keep the glottis in the same shape
(no glottal stop permitted), eliminate the /h/, keep two distinct syllables
"a_a". That's what we were told in Phonetics class...............

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