On Friday 31 January 2003 5:02 pm, Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 05:15:00 EST
> > From: J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
> >
> > en memo 2003:01:29 07.46.52 gozen, Lars Mathiesen (thorinn@DIKU.DK)
graffii:
> > >[L\] is the velar lateral fricative, and [L] is the palatal one.
> > >Neither occurs in English, of course.
> >
> > Eh?? [L] is quite common for some English-sprekking peoples!!....
> > i.e. "pool" /pu:L/
> > "school" /sku:L/
> > "scroll" /skr@UL/
> > "skull" /skVL/
>
> I've always seen dark l described as [5] --- velarized alveolar
> lateral fricative. (And it's still /l/, unless your idiolect has a
> minimal pair between [l] and [5]).
>
> Also, [L] may be common in your speech, but is it common for people to
> talk like you?
>
> Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT
> marked)
Um, how about 'million' [miLj@n]?