Re: Alternation of Airstream

Tim wrote:
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The point is less that it isn't used for a whole utterance, than that
no language has ingressive _pulmonic_ phonemes.
 >>

I knew I was missing a word there!  I just couldn't remember it.  :(
Anyway, yes, the Irish suitors are alleged to have used ingressive
pulmonic air.  And the Jack Black joke (on the popular Tenacious
D album) is what he calls "in singing", so that you can sing even
while you're breathing in.

-David
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