Let’s
work up a sweat with the alphabet!
LENIS (leʹnis, laʹ-) – adj. Phonet.
articulated with little muscle tension and little or no aspiration (smooth,
soft, mild) —n. a lenis sound.
No,
not lean us up against the jukebox …
Do
you know that speaking can work up a sweat?! It’s true – tell that to your fitness coach. You’ll work
harder on some words than others – I’m here to tip you off to the easier letters
of the alphabet to use.
I’m
all for easy if the results are the same, aren’t you?
Phonetically, when you
speak, different letters require more or less effort to create either a soft – lenis – sound, or a harsher, harder –
fortis – sound.
