Re: whistling s's

On Apr 4, 2005 1:48 PM, JC <jcolrich-dreams@...> wrote:
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> Subject:      whistling s's
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> One of my conlangs has a sound that's like a high pitched, whistled s or sh. Of
> the admittedly small set of people I was bugging with this the other day, I'm
> the only one who can do it, but if I say s or sh and sort of curl my tongue tip
> up, I get the whistle.
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> Phonology is not my strong point, as you can probably tell :-) Is there a
> common notation for this sort of thing?
>
> Thanks,
> JC
I have a sort of lisp that actually comes out as a high pitched
whistle every so often. It's quite odd to hear when it happens. It
used to occur a lot more when I was younger.

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