Re: whistling s's

Christopher Wright wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 13:48:04 -0700, JC <jcolrich-dreams@...> wrote:
>
> > if I say s or sh and sort of curl my tongue tip
> >up, I get the whistle.
>
> That might be as simple as [s`] -- the voiceless retroflex fricative. I
> like that sound.
That's what I've been thinking all along-- [s`] or else simply the "apical
s", apparently with lip rounding.
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