Episode 2: p & b

Published: Feb. 9, 2010, 12:16 a.m.

b'In this episode, we talk about the stop plosive consonant pair [p] and [b], also known as bilabial plosives, \\u201cexploding\\u201d consonants made with both lips. In the course of our chat, we talk about twinned or \\u201cgeminate\\u201d consonants, vowels vs. consonants, \\u201cthe river of speech,\\u201d voice onset time (VOT), aspiration, and other topics!'