I had a friend from the military that suffered extreme facial disfigurement and was able to speak quite clearly. It took a little time for him to learn to compensate, but he did very well. I would think that with effort, an individual with muzzle, bifurcated lips, different tongue shape, etc; would be able to communicate verbally as long as the vocal chords could support continuous sound output similar to a human's.
There is no such thing as a dream that you cannot obtain.
You may have to work for it, however.
R. Bach, Illusions
True, very true. but you got to remember that a prosthetic mask is just that a mask. It isn't flesh and blood, muscle and bone. If ones jaw was elongated as in a muzzle and sported bifurcate lips one would be able to speak rather well. Think of wearing a mask, even the best of masks, as if you were returning home from the dentist, lips all numb.
Dunny
From: GARY <zachariahtln_at_gmail.com>
To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, April 19, 2011 2:29:10 AM
Subject: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: New file uploaded to SkunkworksAMA
Take it from one who has worn prosthetic masks, talking is a bitch. The voice and speech is different. You have to elongate your jaw to be understood. its a whole new way of speaking. Just think of Roddy McDowell from his Apes movies.
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Ross Sauer" <archae_at_...> wrote:
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> I wonder how pronunciations would go on the Skunk Sister's world, since
> different mouth and muzzle shapes would probably deem English as we speak it
> now, far less practical or sensible. We may not even be able to interpret
> what they were saying, since the sounds could be either just totally foreign
> to our ears, or just inaudible!
>
> Scrapper, Black Dragon, SAMA Moderator (as opposed to Extremerator...)
>
> Reply:
>
> I thnk the French language wouldn't exist in the Skunk Sister's world, since
> it's hard enough to pronounce with our lips, much less a furry's mouth.
>
Received on Tue Apr 19 2011 - 16:42:55 CDT