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In thish show, Phil and Eric talk their way around the shounds of "sh" and "zh", [\u0283] and [\u0292], post-alveolar fricatives. This pair of consonants provide ample room for discussion of how the sounds are made, compared to similar sounds in the mouth.

Show Notes:

\t-\tcompared to /s/ and /z/, the airflow of /\u0283/ and /\u0292/ goes through a wider aperture
\t-\t/\u0283/is very broad spectrum, which makes it an effective "shusher"
\t-\tthese sounds include a lip-rounding component
\t-\t/\u0292/ Phil uses less lip-rounding (lip corner advancement) than /\u0283/, while Eric is unaware of such a difference.
\t-\t[Phil mentioned the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle, which states that "the more precisely one property is measured, the less precisely the other can be measured." I'm not sure that this is what he meant\u2014Eric]
\t-\twikipedia has a list of languages that feature /\u0283/and /\u0292/.
\t-\tyogh \u021d is not the symbol you are looking for\u2014note the curved top on the yogh (pronounced [j\u0252\u0261, jo\u028a\u0261, jo\u028ak, jo\u028ax] )
\t-\tthe symbols were invented by Pittman (the shorthand guy)
\t-\t\u0161 and \u017e : with a caron or ha\u010dek
\t-\t\u0416 Cyrillic "zhe"
\t-\t\u308d in Japanese looks like /\u0292/, but it is not the same

\t-\tyod coalescence turns /sju/ into /\u0283u/
\t-\tPhil gives us a lecture on the history of /sh/ and /zh/ in English
\t-\tsynchronic (a process/pressure on articulation at one time) and diachronic (over time) change e.g. Pressure\u2014diachronic change that has already happened vs. Presh yer face against the glass\u2014synchronic yod coalescence happening in real time
\t-\tPhil refers to Shakespeare's Pronunciation by Helge K\xf6keritz
\t-\tnote that in our discussion of /\u0292/, Phil suggests that no one would say beige with an affricate ending, that is [be\u026ad\u0292]. Wells does say that that pronunciation is possible.
\t-\t/s/ in sport or strasse in German is \u0283
\t-\tomniglot.com, a great place to learn about the spelling conventions of a language
\t-\tAlveolo-palatal fricatives \u0255 (voiceless) \u0291 (voiced)
\t-\tRetroflex fricatives \u0282 (voiceless) and \u0290 (voiced)