Date:  Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:40:19 -0400
From:  "Dennis R. Preston" <preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: nasal flaps?

Ron,

Up here in Michigan they call nasal flaps 'snorts' (like what a bull does).
Can you guess what they call anal trills?
Us Louisvillians didn't know none of this stuff. Good thing I come up North.

DInIs

>Peter Patrick writes:
>
>>nasal flap
>
>his tongue must be longer than mine if he can flap it against his nose . . .
>or does his nasal cavity have some moving part that mine doesn't?

Dennis R. Preston
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Michigan State University
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