Re: That pesky H again (was: varia)

* Paul Bennett (paulnkathy@earthlink.net) [000205 22:18]:
> On 4 Feb 00, at 17:19, raccoon@ELKNET.NET wrote:
> > But is there really such a thing as an aspirated vowel? I've had
> > an idea to make final vowel+h become an aspirated vowel, which would
> > then aspirate the previous consonant but lose aspiration on the
> > vowel:
> >
> >         H
> > tah -> ta: -> tha:
> >
> I'd say that "breathy voiced" vowels would probably meet your
> description of "aspirated vowels" very well. I can't describe the
> sound of breathy voicing very well, only to say that they sound "even
> more voiced" than ordinary vowels, and that they accidentally cause
> aspiration and a small amount of voicing in preceeding consonants when
> I pronounce them.
I've heard them described as what you get if you try to speak while being
out of breath, that is speaking and breathing heavily at the same time.


t.