--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Please, pay attention to the position > > > > of your tongue at(?) the 'nn' when you pronounce > > > > "runner"? How'd you describe it? > > > > > > With the tip of the tongue a little behind the teeth. > > > > Oh? How is your tongue when you pronounce 'r', then? > > Hard to describe. The sides of the tongue > are against the upper molars, and the front > of the tongue forms a sort of little dish, with > the tip turned up a bit. The tongue doesn't > touch the roof of the mouth at all. >
That's almost exactly what I thought. > Where did you think the tongue would be with > the "nn"?? "Lazyness" of pronunciation is typical for Finnish, so perhaps that's why I thought it might be left to the same position where it is when one pronounces the r-sound. If that was the case then it would resemble Sanskrit cerebral aka retroflex n-sound. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
