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Re: Tones to make up for lack of phonemes

From:Eugene Oh <un.doing@...>
Date:Saturday, December 27, 2008, 22:13
You need "%20" instead of a space between "Syrinx" and "(biology)".
Wikipedia automatically substitutes it for the underscore so that works.
Eugene

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:57 PM, caeruleancentaur <
caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:

> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> > wrote: > > > > > Matthew Turnbull <ave.jor@> wrote: > > > > > > I would think that any thing that had a throat could do a glottal > > > stop, or some sort of equivalent "hiatus" phoneme. Also, you don't > > > even need vocal cords to generate tones, if you have never > > > investigated the vocal physiology of avians, I highly suggest doing > > > so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrinx_(biology) > > > > Make that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrinx (biology), I hope. > > > > Charlie > > > You got me! I don't know why the full address doesn't work. > > Charlie >