Re: Many consonants

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.

Adam

So lift the cup of joy and take a big drink.
In spite of it all it's a beautiful world.
-------Suzanne Knutzen




>From: Almaran Dungeonmaster <dungeonmaster@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Many consonants
>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:28:10 +0100
>
>We recently had a discussion on the number of vowels in a row... I was
>wondering how many consonants can be put in a row in any conlang or
>natlang...
>
>For Dutch, I found 9 consonants in a row the longest combination:
>
>"zachtstschreidend"
>
>/zAxtstsxrEid@nt/
>
>Meaning: "most carefully pacing"
>
>Anyone have any other examples?
>
>Maarten van Beek

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