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| | | (...) Excellent! OK, by SAMPA, it would yup definitely be /lVg" net/ (thanks!). (And, BTW, I had heard of a "glottal stop" before, but I never knew there was such a thing as a "nasal sonorant" or a "bilabial fricative"! I'm thinkin' TomMcD and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Robert Munafo
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| | | | | (...) I don't actually know a sonorant from a fricative either, aside from what I can figure out by looking at the examples. But if Tom and Jeremy are into linguistics they probably already know more about it than we do {-; (...) You can use it if (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | (...) Fortunately, you don't expect me to pass this one up. (...) That's okay. It's a little-known fact that a sonorant is the high-pitched sqawking sound made by someone rapidly applying a rubber eraser to a pencil mark on a shaky metal table. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | sonorants and fricatives —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) LOL!!! I'm laughing so hard I can hardly breathe. God, what I would give for a daily word-definition like that by e-mail in the morning, or an "Ask Jeremy" box on a web page where you could ask what a word meant. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Tom McDonald
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| | | | (...) It's a "smart-ass thing" actually. (...) can (...) The first table-joint lubricant, made largely of walrus fat oil and safflower extract, was called "Dr. Numba's Anti-Sonorant Potion". Dr. Numba was an alias of a former carpet-bagger turned (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | (...) Avid "Northern Exposure" fans might recall that a bilabial fricative refers to the state of mind one achieves while awaiting an answer from an Athapascan spirit while consming bilibiatho (1) blowing in from Inuit grounds. Cheers, - jsproat 1. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Phonetics for "LUGNET" trademark and member IDs (was Re: member id's: simple numbers or something mo —Tom McDonald
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| | | | (...) Hostess Sno-balls are good example of the usage of this substance. -Tom McD. when replying, little wedge-shaped spamcakes make good climbing pitons. (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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