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Re: English syllable structure

From:Padraic Brown <agricola@...>
Date:Sunday, December 9, 2001, 22:56
Am 09.12.01, Thomas R. Wier yscrifef:

> Quoting Padraic Brown <agricola@...>: > > > Marge doesn't seem to have [&] in ["taco"]. It's slightly nasal, > > and of course, whatever you'd call that gravelly quality in her > > voice. I don't think Bart or Homer do either. /m: takoz/ > > Isn't that creeky voice?
No se. I don't really understand what folks mean by "creaky voice" anyway, so I'm no help! Note that her mother and sisters also have gravelly voices, though Marge's seems to have a "different" quality to it, which I can't really put to words. Padraic. -- Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.

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