From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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Date: | Tuesday, January 6, 2004, 11:12 |
Quoting dansulani <dansulani@...>:> How then would the people who pronounce | Iraq | with an initial [aj] > pronounce | Islam | ? I have never heard [ajsl&m], [ajslam], [ajzl&m], > or any other version beginning with [aj]! Why would there be > a difference between the two words? One should think that the > English speakers would have the same ignorance of Arabic in each case.I think the different number of consonants following the |i| is relevant here. Andreas