How do you pronounce words that begin with lots of consonants? What is a consonant cluster? It's a word that has multiple consonant sounds together. Look at the consonants at the starts of these words ...

You know "Pa-sgetti"—it's pasta with tomato sauce—and it's also the way many young children pronounce spaghetti. Why? Linguists who study how children learn language can tell you. The "sp" in ...