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By: Web 2.0 and syllabic consonants: a match made in Silicon Valley : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic

Thu, 17 May 2007 02:04:57 +0000

[…] languages use syllabic consonants frequently. For instance, as one of my readers pointed out in a comment, in Czech, syllabic R’s are used frequently, and can result in seemingly unpronounceable […]

By: Filip Hajny

Filip Hajny — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:48:51 +0000

“Strč prst skrz krk” is a famous Czech tongue breaker that is an entirely valid sentence in all aspects (”Put your finger through/down your throat”) and features the syllabic variant of R (tracing back to Sanscrit). It’s what most foreign speakers are confronted with when it comes to “hey, teach me some Czech”.

By: Yitzhakofeir

Yitzhakofeir — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:51:58 +0000

Odd, I have no problems saying Anksthay, except for a little with the Nk cluster, but I still manage. (Nk and Ng Doesn’t appear in my language, Hebrew)

By: will

will — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:45:44 +0000

Becky, I’m not sure I’m seeing the typo. You’re right, I would expect the pig latin form to be “anksthay”, but in the ad, it was given as “ankstay”. Perhaps I’m overlooking your correction entirely.

Sometimes, bus phonology is the best kind of phonology :)

EDIT: Aha! Now I see what you mean. I’m making the change now. Want me to link to your site?

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:31:02 +0000

Hi - found your blog through the TextDrive forums and have enjoyed reading for the last week or so.

Anyways, I think you might have a typo in the third to last paragraph. While I agree that “kth” is not a cluster English speakers really warm up to, the Pig Latin in question would make it anksthay.

Thanks for posting; It does my linguist heart good to know I’m not the only one sitting around doing phonological analysis on the bus:).