Alex wrote:
> >> Can
> >> one agree the PIE k^w was as in english "chew" ?
> >
> > No. A better choice is [kw], say as <qu> in English _queen_.
Remember that c^ is an affricate. If you want to imagine palatals (so common
in Czech), try to articulate /j/, find the place in your mouth and
articulate a stop (not fricative or affricate) at the same place. Oh, c^ is
pronounced on that place too, of course, but it's an affricate. "chew" lacks
the labializing component :-(, "queen" lacks the palatalizing one. Neither
of the examples is close enough, but the truth MIGHT have been somewhere
between.
Petusek