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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Dental L
0 Hello. It is my understanding that normally 'l' is produced in the alveolar ridge. But I was watching an American reality show, and I noticed that these two women pronounced 'l' by either protruding the tongue between the upper and the lower teeth or by the tip of the tongue touching the backside of the upper rows of teeth. One woman was from the South, and the other was from outside the U.S but was a fluent English speaker. The southern girl was less obvious in producing 'l' as a dental. Specifically, the words/sentences were "I 01 i 00 love 02 i 00 you" and " 01 i 00 like 02 i 00 that." So do you normally vary your production of the sound 'l' when speaking? 02 br
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0 I do. 02 br 02 br 00 I think the difference is that the ridge tends to produce a 'sharper' somewhat percussive sound, which is why it's also used for /t/ and /d/. 0-
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00 Like the speakers you mentioned, I'm likely to use the dental l for words like 'love' and 'loaf' while using the alveolar ridge for words like 'lime' 'dental' and 'seal.' The sentence "I love to lick the lime lollipops" might have my tongue touch to the edge of my front teeth, the back of my front teeth, and the front and back of the ridge. 02 br
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00 Like the speakers you mentioned, I'm likely to use the dental l for words like 'love' and 'loaf' while using the alveolar ridge for words like 'lime' 'dental' and 'seal.' The sentence "I love to lick the lime lollipops" might have my tongue touch to the edge of my front teeth, the back of my front teeth, and the front and back of the ridge. 02 br
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