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

I wrote:

The Japanese {u} is high back unrounded, except before an alveolar
>obstruent, in which case it becomes high central unrounded.
Oops. I meant "after an alveolar obstruent"



>Marcus Smith
>
>"Sit down before fact as a little child,
>be prepared to give up every preconceived notion,
>follow humbly wherever and to whatsoever abysses Nature leads,
>or you shall learn nothing."
>                -- Thomas Huxley


Marcus Smith

"Sit down before fact as a little child,
be prepared to give up every preconceived notion,
follow humbly wherever and to whatsoever abysses Nature leads,
or you shall learn nothing."
                -- Thomas Huxley

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