Language Structure Problems

Some funny Jokes

These are some riddles my eight year old likes and their answers spelled out in consonant features. I've given you the vowels in phonetic transcription. Aren't we funny?

Remember that:

Question 1. What did the zookeeper use to unlock cages?

Answer:
[voiceless glottal fricative]
I
[voiced alveolar fricative]
[bilabial nasal]
schwa
[velar nasal]
[voiceless velar stop]
i

Question 2. Which is the rudest animal?

Answer:
schwa
[voiced velar stop]
u
[voiceless alveolar fricative]

Question 3. Why did the black cat cross the road?

answer:
[voiced bilabial stop]
i
[voiceless velar stop]
schwa
[voiced alveolar fricative]
[voiceless glottal fricative]
i
[voiced labio-velar glide]
schwa
>[voiced alveolar fricative]
[voiceless alveolar fricative]
[voiceless alveolar stop]
ej
[voiceless bilabial stop]
[syllabic voiced alveolar lateral]
[voiced alveolar stop]
[voiceless alveolar stop]
u
[voiced interdental fricative
schwa
[voiceless alveopalatal affricate]
I
[voiceless velar stop]
I
[alveolar nasal]


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