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Re: Nachtisch

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, October 7, 2001, 1:08
On Sat, 6 Oct 2001 16:19:26 +0200 Stefan Koch <OneOfThree@...>
writes:
> "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...> writes: > > German's orthography is fairly consistently phonemic, but there > > are a few exceptions. Because Standard German does not have > > geminate consonants, a pair like "Nachttisch" (nightstand) > > and "nachtisch" (nightly) are homophonous, the second <t> in > > <Nachttisch> not being pronounced.
> Hmmmm. Another little mistake here: "Nach-tisch" is "dessert". ;) > "nightly" would be "nächtlich". There are now adjectives with > /-isch/ > although /-ig/ is often realized is as /-ich/ (like in "ich"). > OT: Are there no other Germans here? > Stefan
- I know this isn't German, but Anglophone Yiddish instead, but i generally find that i pronounce the adjective _fleishig_ "meat" (normally /flejSIk/ or /flejSIg/) as [flejSIx] instead. That doesn't happen with its opposite, _milkhig_ [mIlxIk], probably due to the previous existence of a [x] sound in the word? -Stephen (Steg) "cross the line and enter in oblivion" ~ lazy i

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