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Re: Can't stop agglunating, HELP!

From:Brian Betty <bbetty@...>
Date:Thursday, June 17, 1999, 13:51
Matt P. wrote: "Also: The proper term is "agglutinative".  John Cowan's
'agulunulative' was an inside joke...  (I only mention it since you seem to
have taken John's correction seriously!)"

I have to say that that word is hard for me to say. I come from Rhode
Island where loss of t > ' and vowel reduction/syncope makes me say
/aglun'atIv/ - a preglottalised n results. When I try to speak clearly, I
end up with "aggluninative." Oops.

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