[tied] Re: Franco-Provençal

> I doubt that. The sentence should exemplify the syllabic liquids, I
> suppose. Try "strè prst skrz krk, plk' vlk, zhlt trs vrb, grg', prd',
> zmlk'" ("put your finger through your throat, utter'd the wolf,
> swallow'd the willow clump, gurked, farted and shut up") [str*c^ pr*st
> skr*s kr*k pl*k vl*k, zHl*t tr*s vr*p, gr*k, pr*t, zml*k] (* =
> syllabicity marker, H = voiced h). :-)
>

This one has puzzled me for years: where do you put the stress in
Vltava (and in general: do initial syllabic /l/ and /r/ carry stress)?


Torsten