These indicate place of articulation of the sound that come out of your mouth. It’s one of 3 main ways to categorize consonants in linguistics, or more precisely in phonetics.
Bilabial consonants are made when both lips are touching for example, while labiodental consonants are made when lower lips are touching upper teeth.
edit: I realize now you’re talking about its use within words, but a lot of us here assume that the meme is referring to saying each letter individually.
That’s wrong! There are only three bilabial letters! P, M, and B. F and V are labiodental
W
That’s labial velar approximate. We don’t say “bwatermelon” just because the letter is pronounced with a B
What sorcery is this knowledge you speak of?
Phonetics.
doubleyouatermelon
You’re right about how you would refer to each sound in use but the meme doesn’t say that there are 4 bilabials
What? Can you say the word double without your lips touching? I can’t
I don’t know what that means but it reminds me of the movie Teeth.
These indicate place of articulation of the sound that come out of your mouth. It’s one of 3 main ways to categorize consonants in linguistics, or more precisely in phonetics.
Bilabial consonants are made when both lips are touching for example, while labiodental consonants are made when lower lips are touching upper teeth.
What about W?
your lips dont touch for w
Mine do. I must be a freak of nature.
Double U has a B in it which causes your lips to touch
But not in the W sound
Same with dubya or dubyou.
They do in American English at least
edit: I realize now you’re talking about its use within words, but a lot of us here assume that the meme is referring to saying each letter individually.
Yeah but thats the b in douBleyu