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Re: USAGE: syllables

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Sunday, June 15, 2003, 20:19
> > Perhaps, but it's not only the English - look how the Spanish used > > "tl" [t_dl] for [K] throughout so much of the New World. > >That's [K]? I thought it was supposed to be an affricate [tK] or >something like that... must go correct my (left-handed Lithuanian) >brother; he just read "Feathered Serpent" by Colin Falconer, a historical >novel about the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and i told him that |tl| was >supposed to be pronounced [tK]...
I was taught at the university that it was [K], but that was 30 years ago, and who knows how accurate they were. Anyone here who can confrim this or correct what I was taught? _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail