Re: Vowels?
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 24, 2002, 21:29 |
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Am 24.01.02, Tristan Alexander McLeay yscrifef:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> > Am 23.01.02, Chris Palmer yscrifef:
> >
> > > (In addition to the tongue articulation difference, though, [R] as I say
> > > it has rounded lips.)
> >
> > Weird! ;) Mine only round for the wr- group.
>
> Erm... are you saying you distinguish 'write' from 'right'!? I didn't
> think anyone did! (For the record, my lips are always rounded when I say
> an R.)
/Rajt/! Mind you, I also distinguish [w] and [hw]; and both
distinctions tend to blur in rapid speech.
> Tristan
Padraic.
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