Re: English syllable structure

Dirk Elzinga wrote:

> For
> example, tense vowels and diphthongs don't occur with non-alveolar
> consonant clusters.

Since English has only /b p m k g N/ as non-alveolar consonants,
and (AFAIK) only /mp Nk Ng/ as non-alveolar clusters, this seems
a kind of trivial observation.  Anyhow, the rule applies to /N/
by itself as well.

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