Re: What kinds of consonant clusters tend to be unpronouncable ...

Am 29 Jan 2006 13:11:18 -0800 schrieb gnenian:

> Thomas Widmann wrote:
>
>> "izzy" <cohen.izzy@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> I can't even explain why English has lost the GH in GHT while German
>>> has not lost the CH in CHT in words like Licht/light, Nacht/night,
>>> Macht/might
>>
>> Somehow it was felt easier at the time, same as with all other sound
>> changes.
>>
>> /Thomas
>> --
>> Thomas Widmann twid@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.twid.bibulus.org
>> Flat 0/1, 57 Rose Street, Garnethill, Glasgow G3 6SF, Scotland, EU
>
> Try pronouncing nacht with the i from night inplace of the a.

That's standard Swiss German pronounciation.

Joachim
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