Zamrr or zammrr?

[Muzer]

The Nutshell says "zamrr" (§10.2, the "Tip:"), but is this actually verified or has it just been speculated/made up?

[kewnya txamew'itan]

I think it would just be a standard case of double-letter-elision. zam.mrr, za.mrr and zam.rr would all be pronounced the same in fluent speech anyway.

[Muzer]

Someone on IRC pointed out, though, that if we can have "ayyerik", there's no reason why we can't have "zammrr"...

I disagree with that idea, however, because "ayyerik" is pronounced slightly differently to "ayerik" when I try it (the "y" is a bit more forced in "ayyerik").

[Payä Tìrol]

You can have ay-yerik because ay and y are two completely different things

[kewnya txamew'itan]

Someone on IRC pointed out, though, that if we can have "ayyerik", there's no reason why we can't have "zammrr"...

I disagree with that idea, however, because "ayyerik" is pronounced slightly differently to "ayerik" when I try it (the "y" is a bit more forced in "ayyerik").

It's not really the same though. A non-sylllabic ì and a y are very different beasts and the spelling reflects that, both are written, unfortunately with the same syllable.