Re: [tied] English.

From: markodegard@...
Message: 7992
Date: 2001-07-20

> English is still
> alive. However, I would agree that perhaps linguistic evolution
> itself is slowly changing ("synchrony meeting dischrony" or whatever
> Mark the poet had said :P).

Glen is a sloppy typist. Dischrony would be bad-sounding phonemes from
the past. Dyschrony would be bad-timing. Diachrony is what we are
speaking of. Yes. Syn- and dia-chrony are merging, given that Fred and
Ginger are still conversing with us.