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>I missed this before:
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>> makeenan wrote:
>> > and the uvular into K
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>*Uvular* click? Nothing behind the velum can possibly be clicked.
>You could have a pulmonic ingressive uvular stop, like a gasp, but
>not a click.
Thanks John, I often don't know the terminology.
If by ingressive you mean that the air is sucked back in rather than out thats
what it was. It *sounded* like a click. and It was formed at the uvular
position........ [Duke makes sound to himself over and over].... maybe its the
soft tissue further forward. Whats that called?
-Duke
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>John Cowan
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>To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There
>are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language
>that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
> --_The Hobbit_