----- Original Message ----
From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
To: Patrick Ryan <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:02:55 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Horses' Asses and the Indo-European Homeland
of a real example of this fortitive process?
Brian
There's additive /h/ in Appalachian English, my cousins used to say "Hain't true, hit's a lie!"
From: Brian M. Scott <BMScott@...>
To: Patrick Ryan <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:02:55 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Horses' Asses and the Indo-European Homeland
At 3:35:40 PM on Friday, September 26, 2008, Patrick Ryan
wrote:
> Aspiration [h] becomes voiced [H] which is assimilated toPlain loss of initial [h] is common as mud; is anyone aware
> the quality of the following vowel: [H] + [a] -> [a] + [a]
> -> [aa].
of a real example of this fortitive process?
Brian
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