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sonorants and fricatives
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 29 Jul 1999 01:08:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> writes:
> > I don't actually know a sonorant from a fricative either, aside from what I can
> > figure out by looking at the examples.
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> 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. Usage of this word was not uncommon until
> about the 19th century, when its popularity eventually died down; the
> emergence of table joint lubricant at this time is most probably a
> coincidence.
>
> As for the fricative, that's simply the blue rubber gasket on your car's
> turn signal reservoir, sealing the connection where the reservoir delivers
> fluid into the fribillator.
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
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