syllable structure

Brendon,

>>What I meant was...
>
>...the syllable structure of Old Icelandic. Some examples:
> -Japanese (C)V(V)(n): Ranma, Akane, Tatewaki Kunoo, Rumiko
>Takahashi, Gojira, Tookyoo, konkuuru, sushi, etc.
> -English (s) + (C) + (r, l, w, y) + (V) + V + (C) + (C) + (C):
>sprite, thinks.<<

Much clearer. This is a question for somebody who knows OIc better than
I do.

Notice that your rule for English is far from complete. It would permit

*/sr�/ as a word, but no word in Modern English can start with /sr/ -
-when Srebrenica was in the news, the announcers always mangled it, usually
making it Shrebrenica. Plus no word can end with the vowel /�/.

Gazariah