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Lawrence's pronunciation schtick



> 
> Lawrence wrote:
> 
> >> Try it some time.  Grab a Trek fan at a convention and say ghargh.  He/she
> >> will smile and repeat gaH.  You'd think they'd at least *hear* the lack of 
> >> voicing at the end, or realize that the initial and final sounds are the
> >> same, but, nope. Doesn't work that way.  At least, not in my experience.
> > 
> majiq replied:
> 
> > Hey!  I even spend about 5 minutes with Lawrence trying to pronounce this
> > word correctly and I STILL don't think I can hear the sounds...
> > 
> > I think this would be a GREAT session for the qep'a' wejDIch!
> 
> This would be quite doable.  I'm happy to do my pronunciation schtick (it's part
> of the talk I normally give at conventions) as well as some impromptu 
> instruction on basic articulatory phonetics.  And, if Holtej and marqem are 
> there, well, they'll keep me honest.  :)

Great! While you are there you can demonstrate how an "unvoiced vowel" 
sounds like.

> 
> Lawrence

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