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

Roger Mills wrote:
>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....????
Having 'em medially isn't rare at all, if we just look at languages that are
fairly tolerant of consonant clusters. Even finally English has plenty of
words in -sts. The initial ones are less common, it appears.

                                           Andreas

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