Making Light:  A spelling demonology ::: March 22, 2007, 01:53 PM

Jakob #318:  from an old word list:

psst tsks phpht schmo schwa schlep schmoe schrik tsktsk pschent
schlepp schlock schmalz schmeer schmoos schmuck schnaps schnook
schtick chthonic phthalic phthalin phthises phthisic phthisis
schmaltz schmelze schmoose schmooze schnecke schnecken

I manually took out inflected forms "-s", "-ing" "-y", etc. and
also "cwm" and "crwth" because they use the vowel "w".  I didn't go
through to see if there was a case of "y" being used as a consonant.
"phthises" is arguably a form of "-s", but irregular enough to leave
in.  I also left "tsks" in because "tsk" is not there, but I'm not
sure why.  If he "tsks", why cant I "tsk"?