Re: glottals
| From: | Pavel Iosad <edricson@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 26, 2004, 20:10 |
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Hello,
> Well, I've been trying for many years to make a
> difference in pronunciation between Russian hard L and
> soft L, and I think I will soon give up. Not only
> can't I pronounce them differently, but I cannot HEAR
> the difference between them, although it has been
> explained to me a lot of times !
Wow. The non-palatalized /l/ is [5], a world of difference from [l_j].
No wonder pronouncing it as [l] immediately betrays you :)
Pavel
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Nid byd, byd heb wybodaeth
--Welsh saying
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