vl cluster spotting

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Nov 10, 2007 3:40 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> A friend of mine pronounced "vlog" yesterday (Friday) using a "vl"
> cluster. Although there are a few names, mainly Vlad/Vladimir, I don't
> see any other words starting with vl- in my AHD3. It took me a couple of
> seconds to figure out what "vlog" meant (video blog), and then another
> couple for the cluster to register.

See also the form "diavlog", which I discussed in a Mar. '06 posting
(with a comment on the phonotactics of [vl]):

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0603A&L=ADS-L&P=R545


--Ben Zimmer

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