On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Padraic Brown wrote:
> Am 26.01.02, Tristan Alexander McLeay yscrifef:
>
> > > English is full of syllabic nasal consonants.
> >
> > Dialects of English are full of syllabic nasal consonants.
>
> Six of one...
Huh?
> > Tristan [tSr\Ist@n] (or, to pick a word that lacks the 's',
> > Kryton=[kr\aid/t@n] (d/t meaning either a [t] or a [d]))
>
> For me, [tRIst&n] and [kRajtOn] (I think). You chose two
> marked words, names. They rarely follow the rules precisely
> anyway. How about "piston" or "glutton"?
Just like the examples I provided before: ["p_hIst@n], [glAt/d@n].
Tristan