LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (09) [E]

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From: kcaldwell31 at comcast.net <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Riddles" 2003.10.23 (08) [E]

> And does anybody know a word with more consonants (in any
> lowlandtongue) like our  Dutch word: angstschreeuw (8!).

English has "strengths" - one vowel, eight consonants - probably the longest
English word with one vowel.  Or are you asking about consecutive consonants
(uninterrupted by vowels)?

Kevin Caldwell
(kcaldwell31 at comcast.net)

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Riddles

Kevin (above):

> English has "strengths" - one vowel, eight consonants ...

Ah, good one, Kevin!

Might that be the reason why I hear so many people pronounce it as though it
was spelled *<strenth>?

(Nah! /NT/ is a difficult sequence -- velar+dental -- so /N/ -> /n/, i.e.,
assimilation.)

(Oh, and it was Luc Vanbrabant you were quoting there.)

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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