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Your day can't continue until you confirm it yourself (startrek.website)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

That's wrong! There are only three bilabial letters! P, M, and B. F and V are labiodental

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

W

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

That's labial velar approximate. We don't say "bwatermelon" just because the letter is pronounced with a B

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

You're right about how you would refer to each sound in use but the meme doesn't say that there are 4 bilabials

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

doubleyouatermelon

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

What? Can you say the word double without your lips touching? I can’t

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What sorcery is this knowledge you speak of?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Phonetics.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What about W?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

your lips dont touch for w

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They do in American English at least

edit: I realize now you're talking about its use within words, but a lot of us here assume that the meme is referring to saying each letter individually.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah but thats the b in douBleyu

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Double U has a B in it which causes your lips to touch

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Same with dubya or dubyou.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

But not in the W sound

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Mine do. I must be a freak of nature.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what that means but it reminds me of the movie Teeth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

These indicate place of articulation of the sound that come out of your mouth. It's one of 3 main ways to categorize consonants in linguistics, or more precisely in phonetics.

Bilabial consonants are made when both lips are touching for example, while labiodental consonants are made when lower lips are touching upper teeth.