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Specific term required. In Navajo, laterals interestingly do not affect the harmony of these sounds. A Lal Zimman article about gender as “stylistic bricolage” studies transmasculine people’s production of F0 (“f-zero”) and one of these sounds. Erez Lavon (-5[1])digitally lengthened one of these sounds to show that, along with pitch range, these sounds may be indexical of a certain social group. (15[1])Benjamin Munson argues that one of these sounds is actually hyper-articulated, not (*) mispronounced, in an accent characteristic (10[1])of one social group. Peninsular Spanish (-5[1])retains a “distinction” in these sounds, but (10[1])Andalusian neutralizes them in ceceo (“sess-AY-oh”). These sounds are characteristically more marked in American gay male speech. (10[2])For (-5[1])10 points, an urban legend says that a speech disorder in a Spanish king led Castillian to pronounce what hissing (-5[1])sounds with a lisp? ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: sibilants [or sibilant fricatives; accept whistled sibilants; prompt on consonants, fricatives, affricates, obstruents, coronals, stridents, s-like sounds, or sh-like sounds]
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= Average correct buzz position

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Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y989%11%44%103.38

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeremy CummingsHang et al., Robert BrowningSaint Peter Andre 300036-5
Will NedigerThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub5915
Ali HamzehI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleThe Canadians7610
Vittal BhatQuasicrystal Silenceremembrance of lost time82-5
Kevin WangI would prefer not toRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill8910
Jerry VinokurovTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!10510
Rob CarsonBHSUwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp10510
Conor Thompson[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?Evans Hall destruction awaiters106-5
Ethan StrombeckTeam Name Think DetailDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too126-5
John Marvinremembrance of lost timeQuasicrystal Silence13110
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Hang et al., Robert Browning13110
Iain CarpenterDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooTeam Name Think Detail13110
Swapnil GargEvans Hall destruction awaiters[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?1310