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

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>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.

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