Re: CHAT: IPA Question

en memo 2003:01:31 09.03.54 gozen (am), Lars Mathiesen (thorinn@DIKU.DK)
graffi:

>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]).
    My idiolect does at times - i.e. it helps to make "seller" /sel.l3`/  and
"cellar" /seL.l3`/distinct, but "longtaimin America" has mellowed it down a
tad bit.

>Also, [L] may be common in your speech, but is it common for people to
>talk like you?
    Nope! I didn't say it was "common" but that it does exist for some
English speaking varieties, esp'ly L2 speakers (& their children - like me).

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