Runglish

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 9/13/07, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> On 9/13/07, RonButters at aol.com <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 9/13/07 9:17:53 AM, preston at MSU.EDU writes:
> >
> > > Betcha can't get four. Even English speakers have /str/ (although
> > > admittedly not /mst/).
> >
> > Well, there is [borStS] 'beet soup'
>
> And "texts" and "prompts" and "warmths" and "sixths" and "twelfths" and...

(Sorry, wasn't really following the thread -- thought we were talking
about English consonant clusters.)


--Ben Zimmer

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