Fwd: -ckx consonant cluster?

[Amy West]

Then I'm contaminated as well: Merckx was the example that I thought of also.

---Amy West

>Since this isn't relevant to his query, but is just an
>observation: _this_ is the example he gives? Isn't the cyclist
>Eddy Merckx vastly more well known than this musician? Or am I
>just contaminated?
>
>Jesse Sheidlower

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