Anonymous  +  438361 Sat, 03 Nov 07 04:49 PM Hi, The English /v/ is a voiced labiodental fricative. I find it difficult to distinguish between this sound and the voiced labiodental approximant /ʋ/, which is found in some other languages and as an alternative to /ɹ/ in some English dialects. How does one make this distinction? Is there any easy way of telling when you are producing an approximant rather than a fricative? Anonymous Dialects, Fricatives, Approximants, Labiodentals

	Cool Breeze  +  439411 Tue, 06 Nov 07 10:43 AM This information may help you. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,978 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991