http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/the-trouble-with-asks/ Science, astronomy, politics, movies, and various minutiae. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/the-trouble-with-asks/comment-page-1/#comment-770 Sue Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:12:51 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/the-trouble-with-asks/#comment-770 Try it like this AXE. It works. Try it like this AXE. It works.

]]> http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/the-trouble-with-asks/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Aylia Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:07:08 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/the-trouble-with-asks/#comment-654 You're one of the coolest people on the planet. And since there aren't many people on the other *grumblegrumble* seven planets, i'd say on all the planets in the solar system. You’re one of the coolest people on the planet. And since there aren’t many people on the other *grumblegrumble* seven planets, i’d say on all the planets in the solar system.

]]> http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/the-trouble-with-asks/comment-page-1/#comment-638 The Ridger Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:05:55 +0000 http://joshuacolwell.com/blog/index.php/2007/the-trouble-with-asks/#comment-638 Hmmm. I say it "ask-ss." But that SKS combination can't be said as one syllable because K is a stop. As soon as you move to the -S you're really into another sound-producation stage - a fricative. S is unvoiced, however, so it's not technically (as you note) a syllable. It's just one of the wonders of English (and other languages, of course) - complex consonant clusters. Hmmm. I say it “ask-ss.” But that SKS combination can’t be said as one syllable because K is a stop. As soon as you move to the -S you’re really into another sound-producation stage – a fricative. S is unvoiced, however, so it’s not technically (as you note) a syllable. It’s just one of the wonders of English (and other languages, of course) – complex consonant clusters.

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