• @funkless_eck
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        75 months ago

        you can also form an /s/ with various parts of the tongue and mouth but it’s generally held to be an alveolar bladal fricative.

        • @[email protected]
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          25 months ago

          Not if your lips just touch lightly in the middle and the air flows around the sides.

          Maybe it’s a regional thing, but that’s also how I say that sound.

            • @[email protected]
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              25 months ago

              Yeah - I mean, I can say an f-word like “fountain” without lowering my upper lip and (to my ears at least) it sounds almost the same if not identical, but I have to do it consciously and it feels unnatural.