bridle/bridal

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:51 AM +0100 5/29/09, Chris Waigl wrote:
>On 29 May 2009, at 02:36, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>>
>>That's why the phonetic spelling /pedl/ is not right to express how
>>the word "pedal/peddle" is spoken.  This is because these are two
>>syllable words and need two vowels.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllabic_consonant
>
>Chris Waigl
>proudly sporting her own syllabic L
>
OK, but for extra credit, convert this wiki-entry into truspel.

LH

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