Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?

[Charles Doyle]

Am I correct in inferring that the "consonant cluster" in question is simply [ks]?  Or does the question relate to spelling?

--Charlie
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>Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:01:03 -0500
>From: Grant Barrett <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG>
>Subject: Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>This query is related to our discussion of "moist" and other
>repulsive words. Please reply to the list AND the original sender shown below.
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>> From: "Christopher Landis Shively" <chrissypants at gmail.com>
>> Date: November 8, 2007 14:15:13 EST
>> Subject: -ckx consonant cluster?
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>> Hi there. First off, big fan of the blog.
>> Second, do you know anything about the consonant cluster -ckx in
>> Flemish/Waloon/Brusselois? It seems to be common in surnames and the
>> like (such as Flemish musician Marc Ickx), and is pronounced like an
>> English "x"—perhaps it came into being as a compromise between Dutch &
>> French phonetics, so that a given name is easily pronounced by native
>> speakers of either language, but that is a complete guess on my part.
>> It absolutely REPULSES my friend Katie (like, way more than "panties"
>> or "moist" or "slacks" or any of those words that are supposed to
>> repulse people), and it got me wondering when it came to be and why it
>> exists. I've not been able to find ANY info on it; not even in Flemish
>> / Dutch. You don't see it in good old-fashioned Netherlands Dutch:
>> just in Belgium.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Chris
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