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Re: CHAT: On the term 'engelang'

From:And Rosta <a-rosta@...>
Date:Thursday, May 16, 2002, 0:32
Andreas:
> And Rosta wrote: > >Nik Taylor > > > And Rosta wrote: > > > > So once you realize that "engelang" is a compound -- i.e. once you > > > > know its origin -- you know to read "enge" as according to the > > > > orthographic conventions of independent words. > > > > > > What's the intended pronunciation? /EndZleN/? To me, it's ambiguous > > > whether there should be a schwa or not. > > > >First syllable of "engineered" plus first syllable of "language"; > >actual phonemes as per your own accent (-- is word-final /aN/ not > >possible in your accent?). > > Surely the first syllable of "engineered" is simply /En/?
Rather than enter into a debate about syllable boundaries, let me rephrase what I said as "monosyllabic initial clipping of 'engineered' plus monosyllabic initial clipping of 'language'". That we can't argue about. --And.