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Re: English syllable structure

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Thursday, December 6, 2001, 6:58
In a message dated Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:29:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, Nik Taylor
<fortytwo@...> writes:

> Roger Mills wrote: > > /labial-w.../ occurs only in the > > loan 'bwana'; /Cj.../ > > And the loan "pueblo", not to mention place names like Puerto Rico and > Buenos Aires
Well, except when I'm speaking Spanish, I say /pOr4@ rico/
> > only if followed by /uw/, except for 'piano' > > I say /pi'&no/ for "piano". Is that not usual?
I say that.
> > 'chiaroscuro' > > Never encountered that word, but I'd say /kia/.
I think I might say /kaj@rAsuro/, if I wasn't trying to pronounce it like I know it is in Italian /kiaroscuro/ Elliott