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.
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