PEG Morphology Algorithm
In a message dated 2004-12-17 11:42:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jcowan@reutershealth.com writes:
> Correct. The point is that nc and ntc, ns and nts, ndj and nj, ndz and nz
> are too easily confused by anglophones, so we ban the first of each pair.
> We probably should have added mps to this list, as illustrated by words
> like "Hampshire", "Thompson", "glimpse"; mpz isn't a problem because mz
> is already banned for idiosyncratic JCB reasons.
>
I suspect this should be "mbz", not "mpz", which is disallowed because of the
different voicing of 'p' and 'z'. "mz" should be allowed, but isn't.
stevo