Re: [G] and [g] and PIE voiced plosives

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "G&P" <G.and.P@> wrote:

>>>I was wondering if the different outcomes of Engl. -ough was caused
>>>by them being different from the beginning, thus
>>>-ough /-oUx/ > /-of/ and
>>>-ough /-ouG/ > /-oU/

>> Surely one of the factors is different dialect outcomes?

> Why surely?
> Whatever the reason, it must be the same as the one which caused /wiþ/
> vs. /wið/.

Hardly: [wIT] and [wID] are in free variation.

Brian