Re: Why Consonants?

Ray Brown wrote:
>  > PHONETICALLY
>  > vowel - sounds articulated without a complete closure in the vocal
>  > tract or with a degree of narrowing in the vocal tract so as produce
>  > audible friction.
>  > consonant - sound made by complete closure or a narrowing of the vocal
>  > tract so as to produce audible friction.
>
> OOOPS!!!!!
>
> The above should have read:
> "vowel - sounds articulated without a complete closure in the vocal
> tract or with a degree of narrowing in the vocal tract so as produce
> audible friction.
> consonant - sound made by complete closure or a narrowing of the vocal
> tract so as _NOT_ to produce audible friction."
>
I'm still not clear. Surely vowels DON'T have audible friction, and surely
some consonants DO.

Version 1, after many readings, can, at least, be interpreted that way.
:-)))

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