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Re: Finnish accent

Posted By: tape, on host 193.64.243.217
Date: Sunday, January 22, 2006, at 10:11:22
In Reply To: Re: Finnish accent posted by Howard on Friday, January 20, 2006, at 10:08:22:

> So RinkWorks is Finnish for ThinkWorks?

Nuh uh. The rule is you can't have a consonant cluster at the beginning of a word so you only pronounce the last consonant in the cluster. RinkWorks could be 50s Finnish for PrinkWorks, CrinkWorks, etc.

Now Th is not a consonant cluster but a single sound which doesn't exist in Finnish (well, actually it can represent one of two sounds - 'think' vs. 'that'). It would usually be rendered as T, although D and V are also possible.

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Re: Finnish accent - Joona I Palaste - Sun, 1/22/2006, 14:44:22

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