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Re: USAGE: syllables

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Tuesday, February 3, 2004, 4:01
Elliott Lash wrote:
> Hm...it seems like it contradicts Nik. He said "vowels > preceded by nasals dont get nasalized"
You're taking me out of context. Read what I'd said before, and it's clear that what I meant was that there wouldn't be a rule that applied *only* to vowels preceded by nasals. That is, a rule that applied to vowels preceded by nasals would also apply to vowels followed by nasals.
> "the language has a rule of nasal spreading whereby a > sequence of vowels .... become nasalized when > following a nasal consonant"
That does seem to contradict my generalization, yes, assuming that that's the only rule applying to nasalization of vowels. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42