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Re: English syllable structure

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Friday, December 7, 2001, 22:42
From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>
> Alveolar plus w is OK, tweak, dwell, thwart, swell (nw...? Dw...? not > so sure); and velar plus w is OK, at least kw...; likely gw... only in > foreign words.
For /nw/ there's "film noir"..
> And speaking of /g/-- in final position, there seem to be a lot of gaps, if > not systematic constraints: league /..ig/, big /..Ig/, ?/..eg/ beg /..Eg/ > tug /Vg/, bag /&g/ ?/..ug/ ?/..Ug/ vogue /..og/ rare?, log /Qg/ bog > US/Ag/ UK /Og/?.
For /Ug/ there's hug/mug... I've also often around here heard <egg> pronounced as /eg/. *Muke!