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

From:David Peterson <digitalscream@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 26, 2002, 1:42
<<>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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