Re: CHAT: Blandness (was: Uusisuom's influences)

> >The sound represented by upside down "m" is also the "u" in Japanese but
> >even the teachers at our school, both of which have lived in Japan for
> >many
> >years seem to have some of their sounds (specifically the Japanese
> >alveolar
> >flap represented by IPA "fish-hook R") a bit off what one would call that
> >of
> >a native.
>
>
to me it alwas sounded like a flat u.

>
I'm quite sure it's an unrounded version of /u/.

Imperative

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