Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?

[Mark Mandel]

I'd say it does. We learn in grade school that the vowels are A E I O U and
sometimes Y, and every other letter is a consonant. That's what this person
means. And he's heard the term "consonant cluster" and, given his
background, not unreasonably applies it here. But it's a question about
spelling.

m a m

On Nov 27, 2007 12:20 PM, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

> 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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> ---- Original message ----
> >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
> >
> >This query is related to our discussion of "moist" and other
> >repulsive words. Please reply to the list AND the original sender shown
> below.
> >
> >Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >> From: "Christopher Landis Shively" <chrissypants at gmail.com>
> >> Date: November 8, 2007 14:15:13 EST
> >> Subject: -ckx consonant cluster?
> >>
> >> 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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