On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 BestATN@aol.com wrote: > i didn't believe that "ihi is so incredibly hard to articulate", but i tried > saying the two (ihi, ixi), and sure enough, when i say 'ihi', it sounds > (almost) like 'ixi'. i'm not sure i can tell them apart all the time Try a thick [x] like you're hocking a fat loogie and get back to us. -- Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.