Re: Lord D'Arcy and steam elevators

In article <4449569E.67CC4790@xxxxxxx>, nyra <nyra@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"Brian M. Scott" schrieb:

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:48:56 +0200, nyra <nyra@xxxxxxx>
wrote in <news:4448B898.FC1BF2C7@xxxxxxx> in
rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

The only 'normal' plosive-fricative combinations i'm aware of in
german are t+s (Zugzwang, german 'z' is pronounced 'ts'; 'Zwang'
starts with a combination of a plosive with two fricatives)

Actually, I think that German has an affricate there, not a
true stop + fricative combination.
[...]

<hauling arse over to wikipedia to look up all that funky terminology>

Ah yes. Thanks for the needed prodding. I'm definitely learning
things, which makes all this flailing about helpful to me. I only hope
i'll get told if i'm too blithely ignorant to bear.

You're doing fine.

--
Hal Heydt
Albany, CA

My dime, my opinions.
.

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