Re: Rating Languages
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 26, 2001, 15:26 |
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Quoting David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>:
> In a message dated 9/25/01 2:27:30 AM, dan@FEUCHARD.FSNET.CO.UK
> writes:
>
> << Catalan: the velar "l" >>
>
> Who wrote this? If you're a native English speaker, we've got a
> velar "l" just about everywhere except word-initially, non?
Actually, not *every* English dialect has a velar /l/ postvocalically;
most Irish dialects have an apical /l/ in both pre- and postvocalic
positions.
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Thomas Wier <trwier@...>
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