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

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Thursday, July 17, 2003, 9:01
Staving Nik Taylor:

>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.
And, of course, that wonderful word "swiðe", which ought to be revived. (If you don't know what it means, read "The Miller's Tale" or "The Reeve's Tale". You'll soon work it out from context). Pete