GR translation: It implies moving past the tongue-stop

[Mike Jing]

So the "closing clap of tongue" must be referring to the part when one's
tongue hits the roof of one's mouth then, is that correct?


On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 7:04 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Say the word "odd".....one's tongue hits the roof of one's mouth, then
> settles, stops moving*....
>
> ...then P's magnificent link of that tongue-stop--beyond the zero (of the
> stop) with P. 85, line 8
> "the silent extinction beyond the zero"......
>
> Who f'in else could DO THIS?
>
> *scientists discuss how glottal are stops or not, whether they involve the
> tongue or just (mostly)
> the throat...
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 5:12 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> V85.17-20, P 87.3-7  Odd, odd, odd—think of the word: such white finality
>> in its closing clap of tongue. It implies moving past the
>> tongue-stop—beyond the zero—and into the other realm. Of course you don’t
>> move past. But you do realize, intellectually, that’s how you ought to be
>> moving.
>>
>> What is the "tongue-stop" exactly?
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