Re: Vacillare

> > > I suppose most wankers do so because they've left
> > to their own devices
> >
> > That verb had to come up sooner or later.
> > How come it has /ä/, not /å/ as expected after /w/?
>
> Perhaps taboo deformation?

I should hope not.

> Perhaps due to the nasal?

'Wander' has /å/.

> aeng is very common in English
> Perhaps it's originally a dialect word from an area that favors
> /ae/ over /a/

Isn't it originally British only?


Torsten