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BranShea #201917 08/18/2011 10:18 PM
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there are some English words starting with an h that have a bit of moetness in them as well 'humor, huge,...human and maybe more.

Well, those words start with an /hj/. The /j/ (not the "j" of jewel, but the "j" of German ja) sort of moves the glottal fricative "h" up a bit towards the soft pallette. So it seems closer to "ch" /ç/ in German ich /ɪç/.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
tsuwm #201933 08/19/2011 5:03 PM
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I certainly aspirate the h of those words.

hwaet? wink


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zmjezhd #201934 08/19/2011 7:09 PM
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I've been practi s c z ing since I read your post. Results just meager. I aspire to aspirate. Buffalo, you're a singer, you are a trained aspirator.

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