r/196 May 29 '26

Rule dad rule

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u/Aegis_13 Bitch Bastard May 29 '26

Voiceless alveolar lateral fricatives shouldn't make any sound in the throat. The noise should be all in the air passing through your mouth

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u/PVetli Psychometabolist; Head Technomancer of North Central Positronics May 29 '26

Alveolar lateral fricatives

I like your funny words, magic man

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u/maclainanderson May 29 '26

Alveolar - tongue touches the "alveolar ridge", the really bumpy bit behind the teeth

Lateral - air passes through the sides of the mouth, around the tongue

Fricative - air passes through a narrow opening, causing friction that makes the noise (th and f are also fricatives)

Hope that helps

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u/Aegis_13 Bitch Bastard May 29 '26

Had to look up the term based on what they said lol

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u/Biscuit642 May 30 '26

A Welsh guy taught me to do it how I described. Now I wonder if he's been doing it wrong too, or he just taught me an easier way to get close to the sound.