Re: OT: Intergermansk - Traveller's Phrasebook

On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 08:57:55AM -0800, Gary Shannon wrote:
> "tank du", lacking either an ending vowel on "tank" or
> a beginning vowel on "du" would be mangled by American
> speakers and pronounced "tang du", "tanka du", "tank
> yu", or "tank u".
I don't think we Americans have any trouble saying "tank du" without
epenthesis.  I sure don't.  Such juxtapositions come up in normal
English speech: "We're switching to a new bank down there", for instance
(probably part of a discussion of moving house Southward), etc.

-Marcos