Re: English syllable structure
| From: | nicole dobrowolski <fuzzybluemonkeys@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 8, 2001, 0:28 |
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--- Andreas Johansson froge sionk:
> Patrick Dunn wrote:
> >
> >On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Fabian 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!
> > > > Mike.
> > >
> > > /t/ at the end of one syllable followed by /l/ at the start of
> the next
> >is
> > > perfectly valid. It is when /tl/ occurs as part of the same
> syllable
> >that
> > > it breaks English rules.
> > >
> >
> >Prattle. Tootle. Little.
> >
> >?
>
> Please don't tell me that natives syllablize those as /pr&-tl/,
> /tu:-tl/
> /lI-tl/ ?! Is NOTHING they teach you in school correct?
>
> Andreas
>
i have only one syllable for each of those words... i don't know
whether thats correct or not but i suspect it has more to do with the
way my parents pronounce things than what i learned in school... of
course i have a propensity to pronounce 'tread' as /trid/ no matter
how often my mother and sister tell me i'm wrong...
...nicole
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