Re: USAGE: syllables
| From: | David Starner <dvdeug@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 13, 2003, 10:40 |
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JS Bangs inscribes:
> "Vroom" is peculiar because
> it's onomatopoetic, and "sphere" is just an exception.
Why is sphere /sfear/ = s + fear an exception? On the other hand,
vroom isn't that peculiar; while my dictionary has only one vr
word (vraisemblance), it has several hundred words starting with
fr.
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