Re: Chinese Dialect Question

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:13:04PM -0400, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> > > But I don't know that you can claim  [T] is particularly difficult, since
> > > many children say [T] when trying to say [s].  It just depends on the
> > > child.
> >
> > I don't think I've ever heard that one. I can remember being taught how to
> > say [T], though, getting into the van which we bought when I was four.
>
> You've never heard someone with a lisp?  That's what "lisp" means,
> at least usually - saying [T] for [s].
Oh, yes, but I didn't put it under the same category. I thought it was
generally actually articulated in the same place as an [s] (at least, it
never sounds exactly like [T]), and due to some problem in the mouth
rather than simply a lack of practice.

> how I pronounced, e.g., "milk" back then.  I just remember being coached
> with phrases like "Yittle yemon yion".
That reminds me of my youngest brother learning to speak :) He'd talk of
amblelances (I think) and washing lions :)

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Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
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