Re: Retroflex vowels?
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 26, 2002, 16:57 |
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En réponse à Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>:
> Sitting here I realize that when I say those words the
> tip of my tongue actually doubles back and touches my
> tongue. Does your post remain unamended?
>
Basically yes, I'd say. What you describe sounds to me like a retroflex tongue-
position pushed as much as possible, maybe due to the lateral origin of the
sound. Still, i don't think that it can be marked with IPA or that other people
would hear it differently from a normal rhotic vowel. Or at least this is my
opinion. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know...
Christophe.
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