Date sent: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:43:17 EST
Subject: Re: ooo vowel
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 2/4/00 8:01:38 PM Central Standard Time, ktleff-at-home.com
writes:

<< An H can help one find
a gentle glottal stroke, especially for those whose glottal attacks are too
hard. >>


Now come on, /h/ is an intrinsically aspirated phoneme as is the very
characteristic of a soft (aspirated) onset. It will in no way lead to any
type of glottal stroke (gentle or hard) the ideal situation would be to split
the difference between a hard and soft onset and use a balanced one.

Randy Buescher