tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 13 11:11:39 1995
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Re: KLBC: Federation Pronunciation
- From: Adam Walker <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Federation Pronunciation
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 95 13:07:00 -0600
- Organization: Dallas Baptist University
> Date sent: 11-Dec-95 22:00:17 -0600
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> Subject: Re: KLBC: Federation Pronunciation
>
> On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Adam Walker wrote:
>
> > If you're a native speaker of English you have the other "L" too.
> > English has both of them conviniently packaged in one word "little."
> > Try saying it out loud listen carefully and pay attention to your
> > tongue placement.
>
> I've often read about the two different /l/ sounds in English, but I've
> never been able to make the distinction. My /l/ seems to be articulated
> the same for both sounds in "little", in fact, when I say the word
> rapidly, my tongue lowers slightly for the /I/ vowel and repositions
> itself on the alveolar ridge to make the /tl/ in the same manner as the
> initial /l/ was made. (I vocalize the final /l/ as a syllabic consonant.)
> When I say "little", I use an alveolar tap with the tip of my tongue to make
> the /t/, which is not the way I articulate an initial /t/ as in "tap",
> which I articulate by flattening a wider portion of my tongue against the
> alevolar ridge.
>
> When I make an /l/ only the tip of my tongue touches the alveolar ridge.
> Is the other /l/ sound you're referring to made by relaxing the tongue
> and pressing a wider portion of it against the alveolar ridge?
>
> > Qogh
>
> yoDtargh
>
>
No the difference is in the position of the body of the tongue not
the tip. The sylabic consonant you refer to is the dark "L". I
would be truely surprised if you pronounce the first one as a "dark
L". The first "l" should be the "clear" sound.
Qapla'
Qogh.