Nicole wrote:>
>--- 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...
The point was that English isn't my native language; so I learnt it mainly
from school (with plentiful help from TV/radio).
Andreas
>it's an island, it's a landmass, it's SUPERCONTINENT!
No! It's a pangaea!
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