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Re: Ejective pharyngeal fricative?

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, October 22, 1999, 19:49
"Daniel A. Wier" wrote:
> h' a glottalized (ejective?) voiceless pharyngeal fricative > Does anybody know how to pronounce this, and what it should sound like? > Whenever I try to say it, it sounds like I'm hawking up a looger; it's > pretty disgusting.
YUCK!!!!!!! I can make it with difficulty, but it's a rather disgusting sound. -- "Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." -- Joseph Wood Krutch http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor