Re: OT: Definitely Not YAEPT: English phoneme inventory?

Nik Taylor wrote:

> David Barrow wrote:
> >
> > Nik Taylor wrote:
> >
> > > Cw occurs in many native English words.  E.g., twin, queen, dwarf,
> > > swine, thwart.  But, I think those might be the only native Cw
> > > combinations.
> >
> > thwart is Old Norse
>
> Well, it's still an assimilated term.  And I was only listing those as
> examples of Cw combinations, not claiming that those were the only
> native words with Cw ...
Sorry, I thought that is what you believed when you said "But, I think
those might be the only native Cw combinations"

David Barrow.

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