Fricative Nasal Aspiration (was: Re: IPA griefs)

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:57:06 -0400 "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>
writes:
> That was in fact the first time I actually realized there was a big
> difference between aspirates and non-aspirates -- although my own L1
> has
> the difference, I had internalized it so much that I don't notice
> it. I
> suspect that's the same for L1 English speakers -- they've
> internalized
> the lack of difference between /p/ and /p<h>/ so much (because
> English
> doesn't differentiate between them) that they find it hard to
> "hear".
>
>
> T
-

This reminded me of something i noticed recently.
I tried to aspirate a few fricatives, such as /s/, /f/, and /x/, and the
puff of air comes out my *nose* instead of my mouth.  Is this normal for
aspirated fricatives?


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