At 09:22 AM 12/8/02 -0500, John Cowan wrote:
Robin Turner scripsit: > Surely anyone who can say "uhuh" can say "ihi". Well, actually, no. [h] has back articulation, and so does [u], but stretching from [i] to [h] and back again is quite hard. I pronounce i'i using [C], the German ich-sound. This is the natural result if you turn off voicing and add palatal friction.
What if you don't add palatal friction? When I do "i'i" I don't raise my tongue as I do for "iCi" (which I would probably consider ixi). My "i'i" sounds more like the quick high laugh titter sometimes written "tee hee".
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