Re: USAGE: syllables

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <joe@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: syllables


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nik Taylor" <yonjuuni@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 6:15 AM
> Subject: Re: syllables
>
>
> > Joe wrote:
> > > No.  A syllable is merely a division of the word.  One 'beat' as it
> were.
> > > You can have two vowels in the same syllable, providing they're next
to
> each
> > > other.
> >
> > No, you can only have one vowel in a syllable, unless those vowels are
> > part of a diphthong, like [oU].  Syllables are not "beats".  In some
> > languages, each syllable is pronounced as a beat, but not in most
> > dialects of English.
> >
> >
>
> That's what I meant when I said "Next to each other".  I find it
> rediculously hard to pronounce two adjacent vowels seperately.
Oops.  Ignore that.  It's quite silly.  I just had a brain-fart, that's all

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