Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: English Young (was: Indo-Iranian Vowel Collap

> the question as to whether
> <eo> represents a genuine diphthong applies very
> specifically to this context (<geo>, <sceo>).
>
> I have to agree with Lass that the diacritic interpretation
> is elegant, but I admit that I've not read a serious
> counter-argument.

But <eo> occurs in other contexts (e.g. heofnum, ðeossum, , beoð,
gebeorscipe, eorðan, etc) so it cannot be just a means of indicating the
pronunciaiton of <sc> and <g>. If it has a phonetic value in those
contexts, why should we suggest that it doesn't elsewhere?

Peter