Re: Many consonants

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
> > Date:         Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:59:41 -0500
> > From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
> >
> > How'd you pronounce Ernst? Same as we ,[{n`s`t`]?
>
>Not quite. For one thing, Danish doesn't deal in retroflex consonants
>at all. Something like [EQn?st].
That looks alot like _four_ consonants to me, so _Ernstsks_ ought to have
seven just like Swedish _Ernstskts_. Or am I'm missing something?

                                                     Andreas

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