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CHAT: Japanese English (was Re: Correction,I hope,ofM/CURL)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, March 24, 2000, 4:05
"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> Not impossible phonologically or phonetically, as in, for example, > /krIstS@n/, <Christian>.
Let me rephrase, then, it's impossible *within a syllable*, Christian is /krIs.tS@n/ (actually, for me, at least, it's /krIS.tS@n/, but still, split between syllables) -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor