Re: tlhn'ks't, ngghlyam'ft, and other scary words

Danny Wier/Jan van S. wrote:
 Should
> > there be a word for a consonant cluster which involves flanking a
> > conjsonant with the same fricative on both sides? Tairezazhism?
>
> Similarly in Polish: _szczotka_ [StSOtka], _z'dzis£aw_ [z`dz`iswaf].
> (please don't pay to much attention to the X-SAMPA I wrote here)
>
Seems to me that such clusters could in theory be rather common with German
prefixed verbs-- auf+pf...  aus+z....  ver+Cr..., or un+kn....????

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