Re: "Essiness, Ishiness, Veeiness, Aitchiness & /X/" (was: none)

Siyo!
Ihekwike Christophe Grandsire:
/X/ is the
> voiceless *uvular* fricative, farther back in the
> throat (it's the voiceless
> equivalent of the French "r"). Well, not a bad sound
> by itself, but probably
> not the one you were thinking of :)) .
I always wondered what /X/ was.  Thanks!  I've been
sitting here saying it--what a cool sound, like a
contented kitten.  Now, since someone made mention of
this a couple of days ago, what is /C/ ?

Clint


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