Re: An incongruent orthography: Maggel

Roger Mills scripsit:

> Not very many Engl. bisyllables with final
> |-el|, except borrowed "bagel" ['bejgl=])
I find 77 of them:
angel, babel, barrel, betel, bevel, bowel, brothel, bushel, camel,
cancel, cannel, channel, chapel, chattel, chisel, colonel, counsel, cruel,
cudgel, damsel, diesel, dowel, duel, easel, flannel, fuel, funnel, gavel,
gospel, gravel, grovel, hazel, hovel, jewel, kennel, kernel, label, laurel,
level, libel, mantel, marvel, minstrel, model, morsel, mussel, navel,
nickel, novel, panel, parcel, pixel, pummel, quarrel, rebel, revel, satchel,
scoundrel, sequel, shovel, shrapnel, shrivel, snivel, snorkel, sorrel,
spandrel, spaniel, squirrel, swivel, tassel, towel, travel, trowel, tunnel,
vessel, vowel, weasel.

And with final stress, 13 more:
cartel, compel, dispel, excel, expel, hotel, hovel, impel, lapel, motel,
pastel, propel, repel.

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