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- From: Murray Kahl <kahl@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
- Subject: Voiceless "h" ?
- Message-ID: <199301211648.AA00863@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
- Originator: scj@israel.nysernet.org
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- Reply-To: <Murray Kahl <kahl@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>>
- Organization: Nysernet
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:49:10 GMT
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- Date: 18 Jan 93 16:42:49 +0200
- From: naturman@uctvax.uct.ac.za
- Subject: Re: "Fricare"
-
- In article <199301161523.AA09611@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>, Murray Kahl <kahl@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> writes:
- > Date: 15 Jan 93 04:46:18 GMT
- > From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
- > Subject: Re: Khanukah
-
- is an example of a velar fricative. "Breathing" or the term glottal fricative
- > best describes the voiceless "h" (as in him).
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- Voiceless??? Surely the English h is voiced. The only people who pronounce it
- unvoiced seem to be the British royal family :)
-
- I am not a linguist, and can only quote the texts I have used.
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- "The voiceless fricative [h] (as in hoe) can best be described as a breathing."
-
- "The Origins and Development of the English Language"
- Thomas Pyles / John Algeo, p. 30
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- Thank you for the additional information regarding the Hebrew phonemes.
- .
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