Re: phonetics (I can't find where we did this just now)


"Stephen" <stephenbowden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

zh - ch with no aspiration (take the sound halfway between *j*oke and
*ch*urch and curl it upwards)

x - like sh, but take the sound and pass it backwards along the tongue
until it is clear of the tongue tip; very similar to the final sound
in German ich, Portuguese en*x*ada, lu*x*o, *x*ícara, pu*x*a, and to
*h*uge or *H*ugh in some English dialects

q - like *ch*urch; pass it backwards along the tongue until it is free
of the tongue tip

j - like q, but unaspirated. (To get this sound, first take the sound
halfway between *j*oke and *ch*eck, and then slowly pass it backwards
along the tongue until it is entirely clear of the tongue tip.) While
this exact sound is not used in English, the closest match is the j in
ajar, not the s in Asia.

Thanks, Stephen - that's really helpful. Duly filed.

Erme...I don't suppose you know the Chinese for "What's the best way to
clean saliva off a monitor screen?" do you?
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