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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Unusable words in English

Hello,

Why would a word like "camt" or "canp" be a bad, unusable word in English? What would be the specific reason in this case?

  

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That's an odd question. Let me ask you this. Can camt or canp be used as a word in your native language?

— Clive

  • That's an odd question.
  • Let me ask you this.
  • Can camt or canp be used as a word in your native language?
  • If not, why not?
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That's an odd question.

Let me ask you this. Can camt or canp be used as a word in your native language? If not, why not?

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We automatically say 'b' or 'p' after an 'm'. All three are bilabial consonants.
And we say 'd' or 't' after an 'n'. All three are dental.

The general principle is that some consonants go together better than others. Those that all belong to the same category of sounds (because of how they are produced by the lips and tongue) go together best.

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Hi there! I am sorry that I cannot answer to this your question, but it will be really interesting for me to find an answer as well.

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