Re: "Coming out" about conlanging to people in Academia [was Re:Caryatic]
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 21, 2001, 22:29 |
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In a message dated 7/21/01 3:04:25 AM, artabanos@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU writes:
<< The question seems to be: is this a regular feature of his speech when
he uses the word "okay", or is this something that happened just once?
I wouldn't be too surprised to hear someone once in a while articulate
a uvular stop when the norm for their idiolect and surrounding dialect is
velar.
Of course, the syllabic nasal in the beginning syllable is commonplace. >>
No, he continues to do it; he always has done it. It's all I can hear
when he speaks now.
-David
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