Re: Tsuhon: tentative phonology

>
> > 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! :)
>
> Christophe, feeling like contracticting every one today
> :))))))))))))))))))).
>

You know, someone played the Evangelion theme by force to me (I used to be
sooooo obsessed with it, I even knew the whole theme by heart at one time,
I'm definitely not any more :) and I noticed that Japanese <r> has allophone
that sounds horribly like /l/! The singer uses it more than once and I'm
certain that's what it sounds like! Though I've never heard it in speech...

Imperative

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