I (Daniel) wrote:
> > It has a pharyngeal approximant (the "backwards eating" sound,
> > aka "throwing up" :) as well which covers around 90% of the
> > phoneme inventory. I know I'm good at that sound. ;)
Steg:
> You mean an approximant `ayin?
> That was exactly how the "Teach Yourself Arabic" book i tried to
> use a few years ago described the sound.
Like a throwing up sound? That's it then. I think it also sounds
like a tiger growling, but I can't try it here at the office, so
I can only imagine it in my head. I think I would get strange looks
oterhwise. Hm. That might actually be the fricative and not the
approximant come to think of it. (The tiger growl that is).
Daniel