Re: English syllable structure

In a message dated 12/6/01 4:56:36 PM, tb0pwd1@CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU writes:

>On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Fabian wrote:
>
>> > Hmm? /tl/ potlatch... shuttling... hope you haven't caught my "failing
>> to
>> > engage brain before putting mouth in gear" tendency - for which I
>> apologise.
>> > It's just enthusiasm really!
>> > Mike.
>>
>> /t/ at the end of one syllable followed by /l/ at the start of the next
>is
>> perfectly valid. It is when /tl/ occurs as part of the same syllable
>that
>> it breaks English rules.
>>
>
>Prattle.  Tootle.  Little.
>
>?
I say [lI4@5], etc. More phonemically, maybe /lIt@l/. Those words all have
two syllables, and no consonant clusters (except for /pr\/ in the first one.

>--Patrick
Josh Roth
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