tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post7608383358590554096..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Regarding The Voiced Plosive Consonant/Geminate Unvoiced Bilabial Stop MTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-36946537881670813312013-03-28T19:50:49.244+09:002013-03-28T19:50:49.244+09:00You may want to point out to your readers that Eis...You may want to point out to your readers that Eisuke's response came after your loaded and equally sarcastic question and insults about his English.Brycenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-39361009380210355052013-03-19T18:28:45.826+09:002013-03-19T18:28:45.826+09:00Seems that you should use Nippon also when you tal...Seems that you should use Nippon also when you talk about prisons: http://www.kobunsha.com/shelf/book/isbn/9784334977399Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398736335098376533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-83846018811510489432013-03-19T18:16:41.107+09:002013-03-19T18:16:41.107+09:00Brian B. and Jeremy Whipple -
Your suggested corr...Brian B. and Jeremy Whipple -<br /><br />Your suggested corrections have been incorporated.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-25322386683900603902013-03-19T15:57:24.866+09:002013-03-19T15:57:24.866+09:00Excuse me, but I wish you'd stop calling [p] a...Excuse me, but I wish you'd stop calling [p] a voiced consonant. It isn't. Voiced consonants are [b], [d] , [g], and their ilk. If you want to distinguish [p] from [h], which is also unvoiced, you could refer to it as a plosive consonant. (Not that you asked, but [h] is a glottal fricative.)Jeremy Whipplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491888996548955993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-31671282222286670272013-03-19T14:44:45.232+09:002013-03-19T14:44:45.232+09:00I prefer the 'Nihon' pronunciation myself....I prefer the 'Nihon' pronunciation myself.<br /><br />That said 'pp' is not a voiced consonant. Never mind that it's called 半濁音, that doesn't really mean voicing. Voicing refers to vibration of the vocal folds (aka vocal cords) during production of a sound. Neither 'p' or 'h' involve vibration of the vocal folds, 'b' on the other hand does.<br /><br />If you want to use linguistic jargon to describe 'pp' in as much detail as possible, it is an geminate unvoiced bilabial stop. 'h' is an unvoiced glottal fricative.<br /><br />By the way, I would translate NHK's statement a little differently. I don't think they say that 'Nippon' is the 'correct' pronunciation, but rather the 'official NHK pronunciation'.Brian B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07884817412935778499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-14633488477269611652013-03-19T14:10:50.704+09:002013-03-19T14:10:50.704+09:00Herr Morén - -
Thank you for your readership. You...Herr Morén - -<br /><br />Thank you for your readership. Your intelligent commentary will be missed.MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-33586785782328573622013-03-19T13:44:21.377+09:002013-03-19T13:44:21.377+09:00Um, you've been at things like pronunciation a...Um, you've been at things like pronunciation and the way people's faces look for a long time now. Are you going to continue with this for long? I'm going to take a break from reading this blog for a while; I'll check in from time to time so I don't miss when you get back on track again.<br />Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.com