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Re: English syllable structure

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Thursday, December 6, 2001, 18:15
Michael Poxon wrote:


>Hmm? /tl/ potlatch... shuttling... hope you haven't caught my "failing to >engage brain before putting mouth in gear" tendency - for which I
apologise.
>It's just enthusiasm really!
No problem. The question is, the structure of Engl. monosyllables. For polysyllables, I suspect all bets are off. :-). (The question of variation between syllabic ~consonantal /r, l/ is interesting in itself.......)