Re: CHAT: (no subject)
| From: | Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 30, 2001, 23:54 |
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>Yeah, /al-salaam/, which is realized as a little schwa followed by a geminate [s].
>The lack of the >[l] in the definite article and the sometimes-shortening of
>the short [a] that comes between the [s] >and [l] leads to a possible
>rendering of "islam". :)
>
>-David
Alll right! I knew something! ;) Thanks, btw. :)
The Aquamarine Demon
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