Runglish

[Dennis Preston]

I ain't counting crossing syllable boundaries.



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>At 9/13/2007 09:17 AM, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>>Betcha can't get four. Even English speakers have /str/ (although
>>admittedly not /mst/).
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>The OED tells me English has many /mst/ -- e.g. circumstance.  And
>how about 5?  arm-strong.
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>And -- at least in transliteration -- doesn't Russian have
>/shch/?  (Which probably doesn't count as four consonants phonetically.)
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>When I attempted to audit an elementary Russian course in graduate
>school, one of the first pronunciation exercises included (something
>like) v'Krimu (in the Crimea?).  I gave up.
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>Joel
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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