Re: Tsuhon: tentative phonology

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> En réponse à Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>:
> > Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > > I was thinking the Japanese alveolar tap (?), but then thought perhaps
> > it
> > > might be nice to allow various l's and other r's to be allophones.
> >
> > Please, don't keep the Japanese {r}!  :-)  That's the one sound in
> > Japanese I hate.  :-)  Maybe you can make it into /l/, a much prettier
> > sound.  :-)
>
> No!!! Please keep the Japanese <r>!, that's the one sound in Japanese I like
> most :))))))) . An /l/? Beurk! :)
I like it too.  Dialects, dialects, dialects.  I *love* dialects.  *Lots*
of different r's, an r for every taste.  =^)

Anyone want to speak up for any other r-variants?

YHL

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