Non-English Phonetics

[JMN]

While doing a immediate RPD for someone till they could get back to their home country for definitive treatment I started wondering about differences in phonetics.

Most of us will never or rarely need to know about a non-Romance or non-Germanic languages needs. But how would you ever find out?

Any books on the subject of other language families will likely only be available in those languages. Or handwritten notes in someone's long forgotten stash from their grandfather who made dentures before and after moving from 'the old country'.

This is not a issue with any frequency in my sticks and hills, but in large cities I expect it could be quite a useful skill to be able to adapt to a Mandarin or Urdu speaker's needs.

 

[rkm rdt]

Phuket Sound

 

[Contraluz]

Phuket Sound

Dreaming of vacations?

 

[rkm rdt]

off to the lake this weekend finally.

Phuket, what's that sound ,
here he comes, full blast and top down,
snow shoes and a few brews,
zero zero's a citizen, lacking discipline,
don't you know he lives far from me,I'm eastern,
But were both from,
Canada, Canada.a
Canada, Canada . a eh "o canada

 

[Car 54]

 

[rkm rdt]

ya were runnin a bit cold tonight,
barely see the road for all the snow,
reached down between my knees,
pulled the boots up,
It's blinding,snow flying,
never need the rear view mirror now,
got no feeling,it'll freeze when peeing,
brakes not stopping , going shopping in:

Canada, Canada.a
,

 

[Car 54]

ya were runnin a bit cold tonight,
barely see the road for all the snow,
reached down between my knees,
pulled the boots up,
It's blinding,snow flying,
never need the rear view mirror now,
got no feeling,it'll freeze when peeing,
brakes not stopping , going shopping in:

Canada, Canada.a
,