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Re: English syllable structure

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 11, 2001, 22:24
Thomas Weir:
>Quoting Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>: > > > >Prattle. Tootle. Little. > > > > > >? > > > > Please don't tell me that natives syllablize those as /pr&-tl/, > > /tu:-tl/, /lI-tl/ ?! Is NOTHING they teach you in school correct? > >No. English does not purposely try to frighten foreigners, >unlike some languages.
Eh? What would be frightening with telling people to syllabify /tu:-tl/ rather than /tu:t-l/ if the former is correct? Andreas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp