The place of constriction can be described in terms of locations proceeding from front to back in the vocal tract.

• There is, of course, the potential for a labio-nasal sound which no one has mastered yet. If you can master it you are eligible to receive the Grand Prize offered as an incentive in this course.* The sound is made by flinging the lower lip over the tip of the nose while expelling air through the mouth. Do not try this at home, however, but only near a medical setting.

• *(The Grand Prize is: A full body size autographed photo of your instructor which can be placed in the living room.)

  Getting back to English, and reality, the next place of constriction would be the lower lip on the upper teeth (e.g., the labio-dental "F"). This would be followed by the tongue between the teeth (e.g., the inter-dental "TH"); the tongue on the gum ridge (alveolar ridge for "T" and "S"); the tongue a little farther back on the palate (for "SH"); and the back of the tongue on the soft palate (velum for "K").

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