From: Mate Kapović
Message: 44790
Date: 2006-05-30
>>> You are right that there is a tendency towards /x/ but this is stillIs it true that men tend to pronounce /x/ more than women? That is an
>>> considered vulgar.
>>
>> Are you sure it is considered vulgar? I heard it is considered a male
>> characteristic. However, I have met two Swedish teachers (30 something)
>> from Uppsala and the man had a /s^/, while the woman had a /x/. She did
>> not consider it vulgar though and that was the way she pronounced
>> "Standard" Sweidish.
>
> It's not considered vulgar. /s^/ is normal and characteristic of people
> from
> the north (say north of Hudiksvall). South of that the norm is /x/, so
> much
> more people use /x/.