If Italy is a land of
music, is it partly that
it has more flowing
vowels to fixed consonants.
English has many 3 and some
4 consonants in a row words:
3 CONSONANTS
GST as in angst
MPH as in nymph
NCH has in launch
SCH as in scheme
SCL as in sclerosis
SCR as in screen
SHL as in shlepping
SHR as in shroud
SPH as in sphinx
SPL as in splash
SPR as in spruce
STR as in songstress
TCH as in thatch
THR as in throw
4 CONSONANTS
GHTH as in eighth
NGTH as in strength
SCHL as in schlemiel
SCHW as in cadaverous braunschweiger
UNUSUAL
GUI as in guitar
NX as in sphinx
-saiom shriver-
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