Re: English syllable structure

Quoting Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>:

> > On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Fabian wrote:
> > > It is when /tl/ occurs as part of the same syllable that
> > > it breaks English rules.
>
> Patrick Dunn wrote:
> > Prattle.  Tootle.  Little.
> > ?
>
> Good, now say "Tlaxcala".  (`x' = /S/)
I would say [tlaSkala], and that's not entirely because I know
it's a foreign word.  My idiolect seems to be more liberal than
other English speakers in accepting complex onsets.  My normal
way of saying the word 'potato', for example, is [pt_hei(r"ou].

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