Quoting Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:
> > which makes the
> > phonemicity of the length distinction (whether we want to place it the
> vowel
> > or consonant) questionable in this position, apparent minimal pairs like
> > _fars_ [fas`:] "farce" and _fars_ [fA:s`] "father's" notwithstanding.
I just realized that poor tetragramme has to bear yet another pronunciation in
my ideolect; for no good reason, I take care to pronounce the Persian province-
name _Fars_ with a true cluster; [far`s]. (Anyone know how the Persians
pronounce it?)
Andreas