Discussion:
How Words are Formed
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javawizard
2007-09-14 22:23:36 UTC
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Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same. - from the English Language
section of www.odd-info.com
Oleg Lego
2007-09-14 23:12:01 UTC
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Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same. - from the English Language
section of www.odd-info.com
What a surprise!
John Dean
2007-09-14 23:28:56 UTC
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Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same. - from the English Language
section of www.odd-info.com
Usual bollocks from our regular troll. If you can't make 'k' and 'l' and 'q'
sound different even with your lips still and your tongue anchored to the
back of your lower teeth, you're suffering from something. Not to mention
several other letters. I've a feeling this one was discredited months ago
but I can't be arsed to look.
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John Dean
Oxford
Glenn Knickerbocker
2007-09-19 00:57:06 UTC
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Post by John Dean
Usual bollocks from our regular troll. If you can't make 'k' and 'l' and 'q'
sound different even with your lips still and your tongue anchored to the
back of your lower teeth, you're suffering from something.
He didn't say without moving just the tip of your tongue. Or do you
have some other body part that moves to form those sounds?

I read a contention somewhere in Cornelius Read's "Dictionary of Vocal
Terminology" that the larynx and pharynx are more important to the
formation of sung vowels than the mouth and face. I can manage to make
myself believe I'm forming barely distinguishable vowels without moving
my tongue in my mouth, but I the tongue must still be what's doing the
work in the pharynx, since there isn't much else that moves in there.

¬R

Ray O'Hara
2007-09-14 23:45:39 UTC
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Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same. - from the English Language
section of www.odd-info.com
That's like saying you can't pck up something with your hands while not
using your fingers.
Jeffrey Turner
2007-09-15 01:38:27 UTC
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Post by Ray O'Hara
Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same. - from the English Language
section of www.odd-info.com
That's like saying you can't pck up something with your hands while not
using your fingers.
It's much easier to pick something up with my hands without using my
fingers.

--Jeff
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Peter Moylan
2007-09-15 17:52:57 UTC
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Post by Ray O'Hara
Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue.
Every letter will sound exactly the same. - from the English
Language section of www.odd-info.com
That's like saying you can't pck up something with your hands while
not using your fingers.
I can pick up someone using only my ... forget it, you're trying to
trick me into writing something holographic.
--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Overdue for bed (alone) at 03:52
mm
2007-09-15 01:54:56 UTC
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Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same. -
Not if you're Paul Winchell.
Post by javawizard
from the English Language
section of www.odd-info.com
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
mm
2007-09-17 02:01:23 UTC
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Post by mm
Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same. -
Not if you're Paul Winchell.
And not if you're Edgar Bergan. Or even me.
Post by mm
Post by javawizard
from the English Language
section of www.odd-info.com
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
Lars Eighner
2007-09-15 04:28:01 UTC
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Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same.
Wrong!

But thanks for playing.
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John Holmes
2007-09-15 02:53:02 UTC
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Post by javawizard
Try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or your tongue. Every
letter will sound exactly the same. - from the English Language
section of www.odd-info.com
Try posting to usenet without turning your computer on.
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John
for mail: my initials plus a u e
at tpg dot com dot au
Farhad
2007-09-15 15:51:41 UTC
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Post by John Holmes
Try posting to usenet without turning your computer on.
That's easy. You can use someone else's computer.

Farhad
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