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Re: CHAT: On the term 'engelang'

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 15, 2002, 20:49
Carlos Thompson wrote:
>And Rosta wrote: > > > The pronunciation of "engelang" is obvious once you know the > > etymology -- as is often the case with English spelling. And <enge> > > is the natural spelling, given the pronunciation; cf. henge, sprenge, > > revenge. > >But this is kind of a "ghoty" thing, as those examples of "enge" for >/EndZ/ are all word final. I would have pronounce engelang as /EN@l{N/. >Probably enge-lang would work better. > >But, of course, I am not a native English speaker.
Well, neither is I, but medial _nge_ for /ndZ/ does occur in English; "strangely" comes to mind, strangely enough! Still, I can't say I'm too thrilled by _engelang_ either. Let's unthrill all the natives and spell it _enjlang_! Andreas _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

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