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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
Subject: Re: Question: Vowelless word
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Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 16:51:12 GMT
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In article <AARS9PlG74@mlan.msk.ru> helena@mlan.msk.ru writes:
>[...] the symbol "tvyordy znak" from the point of view of a Russian
>cannot be considered a vowell.  Thus some Bulgarian words, as for
>example "angle" (containing two tv.znak's) look perfectly vowelless. 

This is absurd.  What does it matter if a *Bulgarian* word looks
vowelless from the point of view of *Russian* orthography?

_cwm_ would probably be vowelless, too, if it weren't a Welsh word.

-- 
`"Na, na ... ah mean, *no wey*, wi aw due respect, ma lady," stammers Joe.'
Ivan A Derzhanski (iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk)    (J Stuart, _Auld Testament Tales_)
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