Re: CHAT: feckly off-topic (was: THEORY: Storage Vs. ...
| From: | Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 22, 1999, 13:53 |
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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Ed Heil wrote:
> It seems that whenever I am reading up on phonology or phonetics, I
> can count on references to the most obscene and extreme sounds as
> elements of the Georgian tongue.
>
> I would not be a bit surprised to discover that Georgian includes a
> "labio-tummy trill," made by pressing one's face against the
> interlocutor's belly and blowing a raspberry.
>
Grinning... Well, the recording sounded rather decent and civilized.
I've however heard of one African language with an interlabial stop,
and a South-American language with an apico-nasal fricative (where
you touch the tip of your nose with the tip of your tongue)... Can't
find the references, though, so it might be a linguistic legend ;-).
Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt