[tied] Re: Laryngeals revisited

> > The vowel in 'palm' and the vowel in 'malt' sound the same
> > to me. Then again, I'm an American.
>
> They are the same in many (most?) U.S. varieties, though not
> in all.
>

Is it possible to rephrase those rules in terms of 'fat'
and 'thin' /l/?

Torsten