Re: Regarding "Number Nine"...
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 11, 2000, 6:16 |
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"Daniel A. Wier" wrote:
> V = 3
> CV = 6*3 = 18
> VC = 6*3 = 18
> VNC = 6*3 = 18
> CVC = 6*3*6 = 108
> CVNC = 6*3*6 = 108
> One-syllable words: 450
Does NC indicate nasal followed by a consonant? Your initial post
implied that that was illegal within a syllable, which is how I
calculated it. Also, even if it is, there would only be 3 possible such
clusters - mp, nt, nk, not 6 as you calculated with.
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