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

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Friday, July 18, 2003, 5:00
David Barrow 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. > Sorry, I thought that is what you believed when you said "But, I think > those might be the only native Cw combinations"
I should've been more precise. What I meant was that the combinations occurring in those words were the only Cw combinations, e.g., /tw/, /kw/, /dw/, /sw/, and /Tw/. Altho, I think /Tw/ is probably only in words of Old Norse origin, but they're still assimilated terms. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42