Nik Taylor wrote:
>Barry Garcia wrote:
>> In Japanese, doesnt u (depending where it is, i havent studied it, but
can
>> think of examples), and usually i (at least after /S/) tend to be very
>> very faintly pronounced anyway?
>
>Only word-finally or between voiceless consonants.
>
>> So, wouldnt it
>> not be unreasonable for Yoon to keep the /St/ she likes?\
>
>Yeah, just not /Sv/, that would still have to be /Siv/
I see no reason at all why Germanized Japanese might not acquire initial
[Sv]-- though more likely [Sw] as I don't recall seeing a /v/ in her
inventory. Bear in mind that initial /v/, /z/ came to English through
French influence. And more recently /Sm-/ and /Sl-/ (at least) from
Yiddish.