• funkless_eck
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      1 year 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.

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        1 year 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.

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            1 year 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.