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16 December 2005 * Volume 06
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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2005.12.16 (02) [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Phonology
>
> Hmmm ...  That's interesting.  Is it a case of Nordic "overflow," or 
> is it an areal feature that spread as far as the Saxon-speaking parts 
> of the Netherlands due to inter-Saxon communication?  Either way there 
> may be a Saxon transmission link.  Do our British and Irish friends 
> know of "sucked-in" words like (agreeing) "yea" or "yeah" (much in the 
> sense of "uh-huh") in their countries?
>
> Throughout Central and Eastern Asia, and also in parts of Southern 
> Asia, people often inhale quite audibly when they get ready to respond 
> to a difficult question, and this inhaling "ouverture" oftentimes 
> carries over into the first word or two of their response, especially 
> where these words are "lead-ins" like "well" or "let's see now" (e.g., 
> Japanese _{Hissss} ... Ano ..._).  Sometimes this is used as a device 
> for *pretending* that a question is difficult, hence good, which is a 
> polite act.  I have observed highly-developed "inhaling culture" of 
> this sort especially in Chinese, in Tibetan, in (Kalkha, Chakhar, 
> Oirat and Kalmyk) Mongolian, in Kazakh and in Korean, to some degree 
> in Japanese as well.  Can anyone think of something along these lines 
> in the Lowlands area?

there are various inhalations used as "lead-ins" in the scots of my part 
of scotland at least.

unvoiced (ie just hissed) inhalations i can think of are:

/uuuu/ - "that looks painful".
/ssss/ - "thats much more difficult/expensive/unacceptable than you seem 
to think".

voiced:

/oooo/ - "thats scandalous, tell me more!"
/a/    - "really? thats terrible!"

a very common exhaled lead-in, often said with a rising tone, is:

/eeee/ - "i see whats going on there", "i see what you/he/she/they are 
up to", "im not fooled".

sandy fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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