Re: English syllable structure

Steve Kramer <scooter@...> wrote:
>
> On 12/6/2001, John Cowan wrote,
>
>> Roger Mills wrote:
>
>>> "sumac"
>>> Me:  ['sum&k].   Several Michiganites of my acquaintance: ['Sum&k].  I
>>> find that odd.
>
>> I have /S/ too, as in "sure", "sugar".
>
> Huh?  It's *always* been /s/ when I've heard it.
    A joke from my childhood:

First person:  "Did you know that 'sugar' and 'sumac' are the only English
               words in which 'S' is pronounced 'SH'?"
Second person: "Are you sure?"

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