Reply #131: It's a little hard to describe unless

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you sat through the same interminable speech workshops I did (I have a speech impediment, now thankfully quite mild and rarely noticeable)

When everyone talks they have a focus of resonance; it is the place that the sound is actually being produced. There is also a point of articulation; that is the place where the given consonant or vowel at any given second is being shaped. For most people, the point of resonance is in the throat and the point of articulation ranges from the throat to the lips depending on the consonant or vowel being produced. When * talks the way I'm talking about, he almost puckers his lips, which creates a space between his lips and his teeth. In that space, he does the resonance and articulation that many people do in their mouth and throat. All his vowels are shaped by the space between his teeth and his lips, and with the exception of a few consonants, his jaw does not move (this lip-focused speaking is another thing that makes him look chimplike).