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Re: English syllable structure

From:Josh Roth <fuscian@...>
Date:Friday, December 7, 2001, 8:13
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 http://members.aol.com/fuscian/eloshtan.html