Re: Velar Laterals (was: Yet another ASCII-IPA scheme...)

In a message dated 11/12/01 3:43:16 AM, dreamertwo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

<< I think the David-style /S/ only shows up in certain
environments -- word-initial, I think -- in fast speech for me.  David seems
to have a more generlized usage from what he discribes. >>

    So, I wonder: At what point do these become separate sounds?  They all
sound similar.  I find that I produce the...uh, Me-Style /S/ everywhere
except when it occurs before alveolar segments.  So, the word "washed" is
[wASt] whereas the word "wash" is [wAS_m.s.] (that "m.s." is for "me-style").
 I'm going to think about this more now, though.  I'll try to see what I do
when I'm not thinking about it.

-David

"Zi hiwejnat zodZaraDatsi pat Zi mirejsat dZaCajani sUlo."
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
                --Jim Morrison

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