Re: English syllable structure

Quoting Padraic Brown <agricola@...>:

> Am 08.12.01, Thomas R. Wier yscrifef:
>
> > No. English does not purposely try to frighten foreigners, unlike
> > some languages.
>
> Yes, we put a kindly, welcomming Foreigner Friendly face on
> it. Only once you've mastered a few basics, then the Language
> turns on you and sucks the life blood out of you. Only too
> late has the Foreigner realised that English is a vicious and
> deadly trap! A Linguistic Labyrinth; a Philologic venusian
> Flytrap! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
I think we can agree on this. :)

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