lips spread why when you get the /l/ sound.

[ardmore]

[FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3]To make the post-vocalic /l/ sound correctly, m[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3]ake sure you are smiling, lips spread why when you get the /l/ sound.
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This is extracted from my training material. What does it mean?
Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

[FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3]To make the post-vocalic /l/ sound correctly, m[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3]ake sure you are smiling, lips spread why when you get the /l/ sound.
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This is extracted from my training material. What does it mean?
Thanks.

Are you sure you have copied it correctly?

 

[ardmore]

The original text:

[B][FONT=Times-Bold][SIZE=3][FONT=Times-Bold][SIZE=3]How to Make this Sound: 
[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times-Bold][SIZE=3][FONT=Times-Bold][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3]To make the post-vocalic /l/ sound correctly, use a mirror to watch your[/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3][FONT=Times-Roman][SIZE=3]
mouth movement. Make sure you are smiling, lips spread why when you get the /l/ sound – if your lips are rounded, you are not making the right sound.
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[ardmore]

I got the answer from the author.

lips spread when (the why shouldn't be there) you get the /l/ sound ... you 
should spread your lips or smile for the post-vocalic /l/

But I still have question:
lips spread=open mouth?
or
lips spread=round mouth?

 

[bhaisahab]

I got the answer from the author.

lips spread when (the why shouldn't be there) you get the /l/ sound ... you 
should spread your lips or smile for the post-vocalic /l/

But I still have question:
lips spread=open mouth?
or
lips spread=round mouth?

Open mouth, I should think.

 

[emsr2d2]

I think the clue is in the word "smile". If you spread your lips in a smile, then you spread them horizontally across your face, and separate your lips so that your mouth is open.

 

[birdeen's call]

I don't get this. I've never seen anybody smile in order to say "l", post-vocalically or not.