Consonant clusters
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 13, 2001, 6:48 |
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Quoting David Starner <starner@...>:
> > Does anyone actually pronounce the first s in that cluster? I say
> > [sIkTs]
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> I'm hearing [sIkss] ([sIks:]?), myself.
That's a very common variant, yes.
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