Re: [tied] Re: zau

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 15049
Date: 2002-09-03

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:04:14 +0200, alexmoeller@... wrote:

>[Moeller] zãu ? "zice-tzi zãu cu limba scoasa".. That was a
>joke betwen children , remember?And you speak about
>labialisation here? na na, such "jokes" would make you to
>learn how difficult is to say "z" with the tongue between your
>tooth:-)))))

Tongue = lingua (limbã), tooth = dent- (dinte). Labial refers to the lips
(buze).

S(h)ibilants are often accompanied by lip rounding (e.g. "sh" in English and
"ch" in French).

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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