Quote:
Originally Posted by Squirrelloid
I don't believe you. Rl is not a pronounceable starting consonantal sound. You have to insert a vowel to say it. (There's a reason I prefer a schwa - yay, i remembered the name)
|
Of course it is. R and L are both voiced consonents. Japanese doesn't distinguish them either. In French slang, "reluquer" can be pronounced rluquer for instance, and would be spelled r'luquer to show the schwa is not pronounced. Now my R is a French R, it's "harder" than the English version, so that may explain why I don't need a vowel and you do: The same letter doesn't mean the same sound.