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Re: USAGE: syllables

From:Joseph Fatula <fatula3@...>
Date:Saturday, June 14, 2003, 5:08
From: "Tristan" <kesuari@...>
Subject: Re: USAGE: Re: syllables


> If we're after similarities, I would look at 'dwarf'. (Evil word, that. > I pronounce it /d@"wo:f/, but I pronounce Dvorak /d@"vo:r&k/... > phonetically, the /@/ may disappear.)
I was under the impression that it was standard in English that /dw/ and /tw/ affricated to /dZw/ and /tSw/. Is this not the case?

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