Re: Phonetics

> As far as I know, L-vocalisation occurs in some American accents as

well, especially in the "hick"

> accents of the South and less commonly in NYC English. Postvocalic

/l/ may be "half-vocalised"

> there, with the tip of the tongue still raised slightly but not

making full contact with the alveolar

> ridge. I suspect this is what Iuri has observed in the case of

postvocalic /l/ in Portuguese.

>
> Piotr

L-vocalization (and also simplification of final consonant clusters) is
a feature of Black American English. I don't recall hearing it
(L-vocalization) in other dialects (not counting the mute L of course).
BTW, which people have the "hick" accents? AFAIK "hick" is a term used
only by northeast urbanites to refer to anybody else.
Jeff