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/?
Andreas
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