velarized /l/ and Billy Holiday

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 3/7/09 11:14:15 AM, RonButters writes:


> Herb,
> This is the guy who complains that other people are insulting HIM. You have 
> been extremely polite with him, yet he gives you this silly, sarcastic 
> response. Silly because, of course, it is people who write books. Silly because you 
> are a person, too, and one who has actually measured what the tongue 
> does--unlike the truespell guy, who interprets reality to suit the shortcomings of 
> his spelling system.
> 
> As the saying goes, when it comes to figuring out where the back of his 
> tongue is when he utters /l/, TZ couldn't find his velum with two hands, a 
> mirror, and a flashlight. Or maybe, as the other saying goes, he has his whole head 
> up his ass.
> 
> Ignore him. He clearly gets some kind of thrill out of baiting the experts.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ron
> In a message dated 3/7/09 10:55:06 AM, hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM writes:
> 
> 
> 
> Tom,
> 
> I believe you used to work for the FAA?  I hope you took research
> literature on air safety more seriously than uninformed lay opinion?
> 
> Herb
> 
> 




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