Monday, February 15, 2010

Afternoon Delight

Is there a glottal "t" here? What do you think?

Cockney loves Glottal Stops



Click here to what a speech expert from the British Library in London has to say about Cockney.

Think this guy's an expert?



Practice sentence #1: When my little brother's got a bottle, he's very happy.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Anchorman

I got the Anchorman clip figured out but I have no idea how to upload it to here so I'll just save it to my flash drive and bring it to class Monday. And I put the "Afternoon Delight" clip on there as well because I love it and think it's hilarious...also, I believe it showcases linguistics because they pronounce the "t" in Afternoon more as a true "t" when they sing than when it's just spoken...so there's the linguistic proof we need! I'll see y'all Monday!

Monday, February 8, 2010

My mother is scolding my horse

Learn how to say it in Chinese (a tonal language).

Throat Singing

Behold what the human throat is capable of:

Have you oscillated your uvula today?

Making music on the intake

Listen to Bobby McFerrin using his ingressive sounds to make music.