Re: CHAT: On the term 'engelang'

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?).

--And.

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