Re: Tong-cho-la
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 22, 2003, 21:20 |
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Joe Fatula wrote at 2003-04-21 18:38:02 (-0700)
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> Not just a question of cognates, but one of familiar patterns of
> sounds. Which word seems more familiar to you, "grendge" or
> "arubweg"? Both are certainly pronounceable for English speakers,
> but "grendge" would sound more familiar, being similar to other
> words already in existence.
>
Assuming, of course, that "grendge" is pronounced /grEndZ/ rather than
/grendge/, in which the cluster /ndg/ would certainly stand out as
unfamiliar. ;)
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