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

<<>Hmm..well, speaking an RP-ish ideolect, I'd say that alveolar /l/ is alive
>and well.  However, David Peterson obviously has screwy English ( just
>kidding).
Good to hear!>>

You guys...  I'm not talking about a velar /l/, but a velarIZED /l/.  But
anyway, if RP means "Rightpondian", then I must say that I'm a Leftpondian,
and am only speaking for that part of the Leftpondian shore which I occupy
(which we would be the leftest side of all).  But yeah, if you take a picture
of my mouth making an /l/, you'll see the tip at the alveolar ridge, and then
another bulge at the velum, always.  I don't like it, but what can I do?  If
you speak with all [l]'s (that's SAMPA now), it sounds like you're making a
funny voice.  Girl I know does it to sound proper and patronizing and silly,
to great effect.

-David

"imDeziZejDekp2wilDez ZejDekkinel..."
"You can celebrate anything you want..."
            -John Lennon

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