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About /ɚ/ and /ɹ/ then. It seems the main point you made about difference is the air turbulence that comes with /ɹ/. Now, what I notice is that, there is no turblulence coming when I say it. It just, goes.

Also, when I asked Ei about the differences of these 2, she said that they are identical in most midwestern dialects. Just putting that out there,

You could say that I am doing what you call that "dark L" then, because I don't touch my tounge to my mouth when saying "equal". And for some reason, I tend to to a dental L where most people would do an alveolar L anyway, though that doesn't apply to this word so much.

About "human": Yes, the way you were saying it was correct. You seemed to be having some trouble saying it, which may be because you aren't used to saying it that way, no problem, but that is how I say it. "hjumn", with the "syllabic N", as you put it. Honest to some god, thats it.

And the W and L thing. You decribed the sound of those consonants as coming from moving some part of your mouth in a certain way, (of course different for each sound, and theres no need to re-state it since you know anyhow). Now, I'm not so sure I'm doing that. When I make an L or W, I can hold it constantly, making a constant sound, and there is no mouth motion involved. Can you do that? From your description, it seems to me that the way you are saying these sounds, you shouldn't be able to.

And about your general pronunciation of that sentence: Your attempt at saying it, besides the general stuttering which is understandable because you aren't used to saying it that way, that is pretty much how I do it, really.

Hey, as I've said, half the people I meet ask me if I'm from england or something. I'm a random-talker.