There is a debate raging in our office about the Bronx Cheer. Its a commonly used word around here:)
Is there an official spelling of the "word"/sound that the Bronx cheer identifies?
If not, can the sound be spelled and what is the correct spelling?
Can anyone help?
-Johns
thbbt
or "raspberry"
that's the way I've seen it. I think Calvin says it best.
welcome, johns!
...A loud, rude, flatulating noise made with the tongue and lips; =the BIRD, RASPBERRY...H-C Dict. of Am. Slang
Well, it is sometimes called a
linguolabial trill or a voiceless labiolingual trill.
Thanks for the great link about it....
What's your best guess at how the sound would be "spelled"
-johns
I haven't been able to use Unicode / IPA here, so your best bet is to go with the "spellings" provided in the Wikipedia article. Since the sound doesn't occur in any languages as a normal phoneme, the IPA that would be used, as well as the name, are up in the air. The usual spelling I've seen in English is something like "thhpp!"
heh
Thanks, eta. I stand corrected. A nice simple symbol /B/.
no correction intended or necessary, j. just thought the LL post timely!