Re: [tied] Mid IE fortis stops and Late IE voiced inaspirates

On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 23:46:44, "Glen Gordon" <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>Miguel slurs the following confrontational jibberish:
>>It sure isn't "voiceless aspirate". Look it up.
>
>You mean "voiceless INaspirate"...

Sorry, out of habit I was looking at the real fortis, */t/.

>I name Mid IE *[t:, k:] the "fortis series" since it is the
>descendant of the Nostratic ejective series... and you can't get
>more fortis than an ejective

A common misconception.