Monday, February 3, 2014

The Consonantal Divide, 6


       After crossing several consonants,  here's a reward.  You deserve it.

       Just put together a couple of the sounds we've been dealing with, and you’ll be there.  Give me a panting [h] and give me the second vowel sound in [w], i.e. “uh.”  You've got “huh.”  Say it out loud.
 
       Now string out 5 of them going up the scale:

                                        huh
                                huh
                        huh
                huh
        huh

       And string out five going down:

        huh
                huh
                        huh
                                huh
                                        huh

       Good.  Once more now.  First up, then down.
 
       Now collapse the “huh”s together more closely and speed it up; then do it all in one breath.

       I hope you’re starting to have a good laugh!

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