>>What's a 'voiced velar frictive'? Is it like the scottish 'ch' in 'loch'? In that case an english spelling of 'yoghurt' would be more likely to give the original pronounciation....
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>Hi Viv,
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>I don't know "loch" but, it similar like "gh" in "bought". You cannot spell in english exactly because we emphase "r" in turkish different from in english.
loch is like clearing the throat before you do a big spit, like German "buch" :-)
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.