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ministrels???

And for a guy who goes by zxc, don't think you are going a bit too far questioning consonant sequences? =:^)

In some Slavic languages the vocalic /r/ is quite natural. Take this...

And then there's говорю, говорит, which comes out грю, грит.

After you've studied Russian a dozen years or so will be the time you should start thinking about these things. Maybe even after 30-40...