Re: OT: "Claw" (was "I'm new at this")

Hello,

> >Hmm...actually, I pronounce it /bEU?/(when speaking
> colloquially).  Also,
> >didn'y /5/ become /w/ in the Polish L with a line through it
> (el/, it's
> >called, IIRC).  But, yes, I would say this is extreme Maggelity.
>
> At least one source I saw identified Polish _l/_ with [M\].
Count me for another one - it definitely _is_ [M\], not [w]. If you need
labialization, take Serbo-Croatian(-Bosnian). It has had its word-final
[5] turned into [o] (or is it [O]?. It's 'o' orthographically, dunno the
exact nature of the sound).

Pavel
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