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Re: /S/ and /tS/ in natlangs

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Subject: Re: /S/ and /tS/ in natlangs
From: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 18:36:19 -0400
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Padraic Brown wrote:

> Ah, indeed.  I forgot about that little gem!  There is at least one "sc"
> before "a": Yscaws.  I don't know about the pronunciation, though, but I
> would doubt /iSaus/.  Though I could be wrong; the Mistarista has stumped
> me at times before!

No, it's /I 'skaws/.  Sca, sco, scu are pronounced /ska/ etc.
The /S/ sound, however, does not seem to exist before /a/, /o/, /u/.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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- Re: /S/ and /tS/ in natlangs
  - From: Padraic Brown <pbrown@POLARIS.UMUC.EDU>

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