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Re: Vowels?

From:Padraic Brown <agricola@...>
Date:Thursday, January 24, 2002, 3:27
Am 23.01.02, Chris Palmer yscrifef:

> No line need be drawn: [R] is a vowel, just as much as [i] is. Traditional > grammarians have it that the vowels are "a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y", > but from an articulatory point of view, that's not the case.
The line, then, is artificial. Same should apply to L, S, Z, M, N, NG, etc.
> (In addition to the tongue articulation difference, though, [R] as I say > it has rounded lips.)
Weird! ;) Mine only round for the wr- group.
> Chris
Padraic. -- Gwerez dah, chee gwaz vaz, ha leal.

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