Re: Many consonants
| From: | Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <irina@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 6, 2001, 14:58 |
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On Tuesday 06 November 2001 15:45, Adam Walker wrote:
> I believe latchstring is supposed to be the longest in English with
> only 6 consonants in a row. But its only /t_Sstr/ and spread over
> two syllables while strengths has 5 orthographic consonants and is
> pronounced /striNkTs/ (in my dialect) also four consonants, but all
> piled on the end of one syllable.
Well, "zachtstschrijdend" (note spelling ;-) isn't such a big deal
either; it has /xsxR/ in my speech, also over two syllables. Some
people might leave the second /x/ out and/or put one (usually the
second) or both t's in.
It's usually not written in one word, by the way, but as "zachtst
schrijdend" when it's used at all (obsolete and poetic).
I had a very hard time convincing our previous choirmistress that
"bruiloftszaal" (wedding hall) really has only /fs/ in the middle:
all the rest is assimilated away.
Irina
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