Re: USAGE: syllables

On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 00:11:51 +0300 David Starner <dvdeug@...>
writes:
> JS Banks inscribed:
> > Mark J. Reed sikyal:
> > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 02:44:14PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> > > > JS Bangs scripsit:
> > > >
> > > > > What other words begin with a sequence of two fricatives?
> Onset clusters
> > > > > with /s/ are always s + stop, except for this word.
> > > >
> > > > "sphinx".
> > > Also "sphagnum", "sphalerite", and "sphincter".
>
> > See what happens when you try to state a universal?
> >
> > In any case, these are all foreign words, which I hope we agree
> are given some
> > extra leeway.
>
> Sphinx isn't foreign; it's been an English word since at least
> Shakespeare.
> Neither sphincter or sphagnum strike me as particularly foreign,
> either.
i consider anything that isn't from old english to be foreign.
a definition like that really helps when playing scrabble ;)))

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