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Labiodental fricative "F" culmination of Tiger Woods Freaking Putt on 18 at The Arnie
In linguistics, the labiodental allophone is formed when the upper teeth (the dental) meet the lower lip (the labio). The sound produced in English can be a voiced R (say “Row") or a voiceless F (say “Fred.) If you take a look at the labiodental formed by Tiger Woods as he smashes his cap into the fringe (another voiceless fricative), I think you’ll agree that he exclaims “Fellowship” or “Frolic” or some other clever phrase. After all, it was one fricativeing putt!
EDITOR’S NOTE: The /r/ could be a labiodental approximant, alveolar, postalveolar or a retroflex approximant, depending on your taste.
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11 comments
Comment from: Kiel Christianson [Visitor] 
/r/ (better written upside down, but this'll do here) is in no way a labiodental. It's a
alveolar approximant (sometimes retroflex). And /f/ is not an allophone in English, it's a phoneme. However, you are right about the sound that Tiger is making in this pic.
alveolar approximant (sometimes retroflex). And /f/ is not an allophone in English, it's a phoneme. However, you are right about the sound that Tiger is making in this pic.
03/16/08 @ 22:48
I'll argue the /r/ as sometimes labiodental, since my teeth touch my lips when I say "ralph." I'll accept the correction of the /F/ as phoneme. Great picture, worth at least one word.
03/16/08 @ 23:20
Comment from: Kiel Christianson [Visitor]
Doesn't matter: the lips aren't the main
articulator, ie, it's not where the air is
restricted in the production of the phoneme.
Download Praat, record it both ways, and take a look at the first and second formants of the sound spectrograph. They should be identical (unless you've got an atypical speech impediment).
articulator, ie, it's not where the air is
restricted in the production of the phoneme.
Download Praat, record it both ways, and take a look at the first and second formants of the sound spectrograph. They should be identical (unless you've got an atypical speech impediment).
03/17/08 @ 08:10
Comment from: BV [Visitor]
Ron, thank you for this post. Kiel, thank you for your comments on it.
I've often wondered why so very few people read/comment on your posts (both of you), and this clears it up considerably.
I've often wondered why so very few people read/comment on your posts (both of you), and this clears it up considerably.
03/17/08 @ 10:20
I cannot speak for Kiel, but I'd like to thank the person who reads these out loud to you, BV. It must help your comprehension immensely.
03/17/08 @ 11:15
Comment from: BV [Visitor]
Ron, in one of your comments on a different blog you characterized my postings as 'bitter'. I think you have only to look at what you wrote above for a truer definition of the word.
03/17/08 @ 16:33
No, BV, I do believe he was expounding on a biter.
03/17/08 @ 19:29
Comment from: JC [Visitor]
Oh My Gosh. Why are you guys trying to mince words here with all the phonetics. Just say he was about to say F*** and stop beating around the bush. :-)
03/20/08 @ 12:05
'Cause its fun, Jesus Christ (that's who you are, right?)
03/20/08 @ 12:58
Comment from: Wendy (UK) [Visitor]
What interest would a blog be of "Stripes (nice one) says F***"? When doesn't he? Long live phonetics.
03/20/08 @ 15:07
Comment from: JB [Visitor]
I seem to recall Mark Calcavecchia making a comment several years ago that golfers today are better than those of Jack's era, and that noone will ever be able to dominate the game the way Jack. i.e. indirectly an attempt to minize Jack's accomplishments. What does he think now?
03/20/08 @ 15:23
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