The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoYour day can't continue until you confirm it yourselfstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down129
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minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·10 months agoW still leaves an opening tho
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·10 months agoThey’re probably pronouncing it as “Double-U”…
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 months agowell it only touches at the B sound and we already had B so…
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoas a phoneme, it’s a bilabial approximant - meaning the lips form the sound by moving close but not touching and then parting again compare to the palatal approixmant /y/ formed by the root of the tongue performing a similar action with the soft palate.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agojust like in “We” You don’t pronounce “we” as “double ue” do you?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt doesn’t say “no opening”, it just says “lips touch”. My lips can touch without completely closing.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agook but for “we” the opening is large enough for them to not touch at all
W still leaves an opening tho
They’re probably pronouncing it as “Double-U”…
well it only touches at the B sound and we already had B so…
How else is it pronounced?
as a phoneme, it’s a bilabial approximant - meaning the lips form the sound by moving close but not touching and then parting again
compare to the palatal approixmant /y/ formed by the root of the tongue performing a similar action with the soft palate.
just like in “We”
You don’t pronounce “we” as “double ue” do you?
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It doesn’t say “no opening”, it just says “lips touch”. My lips can touch without completely closing.
ok but for “we” the opening is large enough for them to not touch at all