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Re: You might be a conlanger if...

From:Glenn Alexander <glenalec@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 2:30
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:26, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> "Aspirated" means pronounced with a puff of air (like initial > /t/, /p/, and /k/ in English). Normally, the glottal stop is > unaspirated; but when you have a bad case of sore throat, you > tend to pronounce it with lots of aspiration. Sometimes with > mucus, as well. ;-)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Could also be called a 'Glottal Splat'. -------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Alexander (B.Teach, B.Ed Major IT Education, University of Wollongong Australia) Home site: http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~glenalec Jabber: glenalec @ jabber.org I use GNU/Linux: http://www.gnu.org / http://www.linux.org from Debian: http://www.debian.org -------------------------------------------------------- (Swishes cape and prepares to fly off) My work here is dumb.