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Re: Syllabic consonants (was: Re: Beek)

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Monday, September 15, 2003, 21:32
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 04:47:57PM -0400, Isidora Zamora wrote:
> /r/* is *not* syllabic and never will be. The */m/*, on the > other hand, *is* syllabic but won't be if you follow it up with a vowel. > The answer to your original question is that the /r/ in <karm> > will never be syllabic.
Ah! Well, then, that clears everything up. :) Although it still feels a bit odd; I naturally break [karm=] up as [ka.rm=] rather than [kar.m=].
> Please accept my apologies for the massive amount of confusion I have sown.
Nothing to apologize for; 'twas a simple typo. At least you weren't posting in Maggel; THAT would be confusing. :) -Mark