The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agoYour day can't continue until you confirm it yourselfstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down12
arrow-up116arrow-down1imageYour day can't continue until you confirm it yourselfstartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteM to memes@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squaregrandkaiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months agoThat’s wrong! There are only three bilabial letters! P, M, and B. F and V are labiodental
minus-squareSorgan71@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoyour lips dont touch for w
minus-squareToneswirly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoThey 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.
minus-squaregrandkaiser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoThat’s labial velar approximate. We don’t say “bwatermelon” just because the letter is pronounced with a B
That’s wrong! There are only three bilabial letters! P, M, and B. F and V are labiodental
What about W?
your lips dont touch for w
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.
Yeah but thats the b in douBleyu
W
That’s labial velar approximate. We don’t say “bwatermelon” just because the letter is pronounced with a B