Re: oh mother and Da:d - more Arabic questions

On Mar 14, 4:34 pm, Yusuf B Gursey <y...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

the phoneme is rare in other languages. ironically the original lateral
pronounciation has been lost, except perhaps in some obscure yemeni
dialects.

"Lateral" pronunciation?

I knew Arabs were sneaky, but to _literally_ talk out of the side of
your mouth? <rim shot>

Marc
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