[Lexicog] new nosey word

[Jan Ullrich]

Preslav

> it. Looking phonetically, this is like sometimes read "r" as just "r" and
> sometimes as "r"+"*" (where "*" stands for the vowel in "but"). The same
> applies to "l".
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> Finally, I think in Czech "r" as a vowel is read as "r"+"*" while

I am not a phonologist, but this doesn't sound correct for Czech.
As far as I can tell, in Czech words like "vlk" (wolf) and "krk" (throat)
the sonorants "r" and "l" are not really "followed" by any vowel sound.

Jan




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> From: Jan Ullrich [mailto:jfu at centrum.cz]
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> Fritz
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> In Czech, my native language, probably the longest word without vowels is
> "scvrnkls". It means something like "you pushed it away with you finger".
> I think most of the Czech vowel-less words usually have about
> three to five
> consonants, but quite frequently they can be combined into sentences,
> similar to the famous Czech tongue twister:
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> Strc prst skrz krk. (Stick your finger through your throat.)
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> In such Czech words it is indeed "r" and "l" that are phonetically
> vowel-like.
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> Jan
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