Re: Using word generators (was Re: Semitic root word list?)

On 1/10/07, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> wrote:
> The thing I always found fascinating about /sf/ is that it was
> probably pretty alien to English when it was introduced, but
> it survived, whereas /sr/ certainly did not in things like Sri
> Lanka =/Sr/ and srong > saraong /s@r/.  I know some people
> that pronounce Sri Lanka with an /sr/ sequence--I certainly
> try to--but on the whole, I'd say most shift it to to the allowable
> /Sr/.  Could it be the presence of words like "svelte" that allowed
> this?
Hmm, strange. I have no problem with /sr/, and I even say /tr/ instead
of /tSr/...without a special effort.

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