Re: Velar Laterals (was: Yet another ASCII-IPA scheme...)
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, November 11, 2001, 23:10 |
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In a message dated 11/11/01 1:37:17 PM, kljensen@IMAGE.DK writes:
<< > I have read in more than one source that laterals are always coronal,
> and I have no idea how to produce a velar lateral either. >>
We do have these things in English, you know--and by that, I mean in the
word "English" [iNgLIS]. When I pronounce it (throughout the whole word,
mind you), my tongue tip is literally touching the gum beneath my lower teeth
and it never moves.
-David
"s&m raSalo SirejsatIm, spAjs Zi v&TIl dZaGagzaZA."
"If it keeps on rainin', the levee's going to break."
--Led Zeppelin
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