Estel Telcontar scripsit:
> I've been learning about airstream mechanisms in phonetics class, and
> apparently no natlangs use a velaric egressive airstream mechanism.
> Does anyone out there have a conlang that does that? Perfect
> opportunity for some anadew-violator, it sounds like.
I don't think there's any way for mere human ears to distinguish
between velar egressives and ordinary glottal egressives.
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"The exception proves the rule." Dimbulbs think: "Your counterexample proves
my theory." Latin students think "'Probat' means 'tests': the exception puts
the rule to the proof." But legal historians know it means "Evidence for an
exception is evidence of the existence of a rule in cases not excepted from."