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Re: Rating Languages

From:BP Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Thursday, September 27, 2001, 9:25
At 17:27 2001-09-26 -0400, David Peterson wrote:

> Huh... Now that I go back, I have velar "l" just about everywhere, even >in initial position, such as with the word "laugh" [L&f]. Sounds like >"ullaugh", in English orthography. Ah! I got it. Alveolar [l] only occurs >before +front, -low vowels in my English, that's it. In fact, I can get it >before [E], too, though either is fine...
Many Americans have only velar /l/, sayeth the textbook on English founetiks. /BP 8^)> -- B.Philip Jonsson mailto:bpX@netg.se (delete X) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__ A h-ammen ledin i phith! \ \ __ ____ ____ _____________ ____ __ __ __ / / \ \/___ \\__ \ /___ _____/\ \\__ \\ \ \ \\ \ / / / / / / / \ / /Melroch\ \_/ // / / // / / / / /___/ /_ / /\ \ / /Melarokko\_ // /__/ // /__/ / /_________//_/ \_\/ /Eowine __ / / \___/\_\\___/\_\ Gwaedhvenn Angeliniel\ \______/ /a/ /_h-adar Merthol naun ~~~~~~~~~Kuinondil~~~\________/~~\__/~~~Noolendur~~~~~~ || Lenda lenda pellalenda pellatellenda kuivie aiya! || "A coincidence, as we say in Middle-Earth" (JRR Tolkien)