>From: Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...>
>Subject: Velarization (was: English: Thou)
>Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 12:27:29 +0100
> >I've noticed that there's a lot of extreme velarization in some urban
> >dialects I've heard on British sitcoms and dramas like "Eastenders".
> >Is that really that common?
>
>Yep - very common in London and its environs.
>
>Ray.
Quick question: How does velarization work? What does it sound like? It's
one of a few phonetic traits that I don't understand.
Oskar
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