Re: Digest 2 Apr

The what-do-you-call-it is essential to conlanging. I keep three or four of
them in my desk draw at all times :-)
Scotto

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Yoon Ha Lee
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 5:37 PM
> To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> Subject: Re: Digest 2 Apr
>
>
> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Aidan Grey wrote:
>
> > > Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > > > That reminds me--how/why, insofar as the question
> > > is answerable, did
> > > > Latin v [w] go to v [v] in the Romance languages
> >
> >     /w/ is a bilabial fricative, of sorts, just bring
> > the libs closer and closer together and you'll get a
> > sound more and more /v/-like. Fairly simple, I think.
>
> Oh!  <slapping self on head>  And I *knew* about the Japanese "f" (and
> that you could voice it for a what-do-you-call-it that's close to a
> [v]).  Thanks.
>
> YHL