vl cluster spotting

[Joel S. Berson]

Aside from the Vlach, the OED CD-ROM has a few, from Russian or
Dutch/Afrikaans:  vladimirite, vlakte, vlast, vlei.  (And others for
which the pronunciation is "fl" or not given but probably "fl", many
"southern ME".)

Joel

At 11/10/2007 03:40 AM, Benjamin Barrett 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.
>
>Benjamin Barrett
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