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

En réponse à bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>:

>
> or they can take a trip to london, which realises
> velar /l/ as something in the range of [w]~[M\] (
> hello christophe ! it finally dawned on me that this
> is probably the sound in /belt/ [bEM\?], tho it could
> be a fleeting [M] )
>
LOL. Did you have a stroke of Maggelity? ;))) As for velarised /l/ becoming
[w], [M] or [M\], that doesn't surprise me. [w] is quite common already as an
outcome of velarised or velar /l/, and I don't see why [M\] wouldn't happen
too, being a velar approximant. Even [M] is logical.

> just don't go to scotland, as there they tend towards
> [5] at the expense of [l]. just as many americans do.
>
Since American English seems to be originally based mostly on non-standard
dialects like Irish and Scottish Englishes, it could be the reason why
velarised l seems to take so much importance, especially in the West Coast.

Christophe.

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