Talk:Alveolar lateral approximant
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[edit] Lip or please
The l in lip is not the same as the one in please. I think the latter is more like the final consonant of 'school' or the l in 'play'. --Grammatical error 19:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- The l in lip is a voiced aveolar lateral approximant, while the l in please is a voiceless aveolar lateral approximant. So they are just two different versions of the same sound. Also, the l in school is actually a velarized alveolar lateral approximant, which in English is only found at the end of a word or syllable, and is a different sound from the l in please. The l in play is a voiceless alveolar lateral approximant and is therefore exactly like the l in lip. So the statement in the article is perfectly correct.
--Redtitan 02:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
