All the descriptions of the separation of gold and silver by means of aqua fortis assume such a conservation of the silver in the acid.
Among the 130 syllables, on average, 34 fortis and 14 nasal geminate consonants were found.
In other contexts fortis consonants have been labelled as merely ' fortis ' and not geminate, which is also often reflected in single letter spelling.
While medial and final fortis stops are up to four times longer than lenis ones,13 duration is neutralised in initial position.
Obstruents (stops, fricatives and affricates) were grouped into lenis, fortis and aspirated.
Duration measurements, though, show solid and consistent length differences, with fortis stops being almost three times as long as lenis ones.
Reliabilities for fortis and geminate consonants were calculated separately.
What a difference the nature of the fortis-lenis distinction makes.
