embarassing questions

[larksambience]

about consonant clusters-

were these formerly referred to as blends?

also does this idea count for all consonants in a row?  so the 'nt' in went or just at the start of words like 'sm' small?

someone asked me and i have no clue whatsoever.
help!

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[sacundim]

were these formerly referred to as blends?

No.

also does this idea count for all consonants in a row?

Need to be careful here-consonants that are "in a row" in the way a word is written aren't necessarily part of the same syllable.

A syllable has three parts: a nucleus (which is usually the syllable's vowel), and onset (the stuff before the nucleus), and a coda (the stuff after the nucleus). A consonant cluster is when you get more than one consonant in an onset or coda.

thanks for the info

[larksambience]

any good online sources where i can look more into this?