Talk:Sonorant

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Sonorous, the ability of a metal to 'ring' when dropped or struck with a hammer.

[edit] Is a tap really a sonorant?

The page says that "a sound is sonorant if it can be voiced continuously at the same pitch." But it also lists taps as sonorants. How can a tap be voiced continuously? I don't think this makes sense.