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[Rick Bradford]

BTW Do you have any comment on ปกติ? According to this dictionary, it has two implicit 'a's, although, with my limited Thai, I would have gone for an implicit 'o' followed by an implicit 'a'.

That's a really curly one, because the word also exists spelt 'ปรกติ' (bprokL-gaL-dtiL), but since in speech many Thais drop the 'r' from the cluster, what you hear is 'bpokL-gaL-dtiL'.

[pensive]

Understood. Thanks.

My "family" is from Korat, so this would be the word they are using.

[Richard Wordingham]

To nit-pick, the first element of รัฐมนตรี is the Pali word รฏฺฐ (รัฏฐะ if you want the fuller writing currently in vogue), and yes, the morpheme boundary is why I felt it was a secure example. If I take the derivative ราษฎร /raːtF saʟ dɔːnM/ of the corresponding Sanskrit word ราษฺฏฺร, someone may try arguing that that ษฎ is an impure cluster.

The full entry for ปกติ gives both pronunciations.

[pensive]

... someone may try arguing that that ษฎ is an impure cluster.

It does look like สด.

Ah, yes, I see the RID entry for ปกติ.